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Friday Dec 10, 2010 #
2 PM
Running (Trail, mostly) 43:51 [2] 4.61 mi (9:31 / mi) +106ft 9:18 / mi
shoes: Montrail Mountain Masochist
Snowy run, with Homer, on a generally pleasant day. Temp right around 30 degrees, snowing lightly, only a modest wind.
Decided to try the Hojack trail, and it was surprisingly runnable. Somewhat packed down by a couple of snowmobilers, walkers, and skiers, but nowhere near hard packed enough to be slippery. I brought my screw shoes along in the car, but decided not to wear them, and I didn't need them.
I did bail out to the roads for a bit on the way back; even though the trail was runnable, it was certainly more effort than a road or snow-free trail. My pace on the road was about 45 seconds/mile faster than my pace on the trail, and the effort, I felt, was roughly equivalent.
Decided to try the Hojack trail, and it was surprisingly runnable. Somewhat packed down by a couple of snowmobilers, walkers, and skiers, but nowhere near hard packed enough to be slippery. I brought my screw shoes along in the car, but decided not to wear them, and I didn't need them.
I did bail out to the roads for a bit on the way back; even though the trail was runnable, it was certainly more effort than a road or snow-free trail. My pace on the road was about 45 seconds/mile faster than my pace on the trail, and the effort, I felt, was roughly equivalent.
Wednesday Dec 8, 2010 #
10 AM
Running 42:06 [3] 4.7 mi (8:57 / mi) +93ft 8:47 / mi
max:150 shoes: Screw shoes Asics Kahana 2 Mar
Decided it was time to HTFU and do an outdoor run, despite the significant snow on the ground, and the low 20's temperatures.
Penfield not only has sidewalks on most of their major roads, they actually plow them frequently, so that's where I headed. I parked at the old schoolhouse at Creek and Plank, ran south on Creek to Browncroft to a side street for a ways, to get my mileage up to near 5 total.
I brought regular trail shoes and trail shoes that had been made into screw shoes, since I didn't know how the footing would be. The sidewalks had been fairly recently plowed, but we're getting continual snow so there was at least a dusting of snow virtually everywhere, with some hard packed snow in spots. So I wore screw shoes, and I think that was a good decision. Absolutely no slipping or sliding, which I'm pretty sure I would have done in spots with non-screw shoes.
I took Homer along for his enjoyment. He liked it a lot until around the last mile, when he started dragging for some reason. I didn't expect that with the cold temps (around 21F); I'm wondering if some of the salty areas were irritating his paws or something like that.
Penfield not only has sidewalks on most of their major roads, they actually plow them frequently, so that's where I headed. I parked at the old schoolhouse at Creek and Plank, ran south on Creek to Browncroft to a side street for a ways, to get my mileage up to near 5 total.
I brought regular trail shoes and trail shoes that had been made into screw shoes, since I didn't know how the footing would be. The sidewalks had been fairly recently plowed, but we're getting continual snow so there was at least a dusting of snow virtually everywhere, with some hard packed snow in spots. So I wore screw shoes, and I think that was a good decision. Absolutely no slipping or sliding, which I'm pretty sure I would have done in spots with non-screw shoes.
I took Homer along for his enjoyment. He liked it a lot until around the last mile, when he started dragging for some reason. I didn't expect that with the cold temps (around 21F); I'm wondering if some of the salty areas were irritating his paws or something like that.
3 PM
Snowshoeing 36:00 [1] 1.33 mi (27:04 / mi) +207ft 23:36 / mi
shoes: Hiking boots
Short snowshoeing outing at Ellison Wetlands, with Anne.
Monday Dec 6, 2010 #
Running (Treadmill) 52:00 [1] 5.5 mi (9:27 / mi) +290ft 9:00 / mi
shoes: Saucony Progrid Hurricane 11
Too wimpy to run outside today. Did a treadmill run at the rec center in the evening. There was one other person there during most of my time there, in addition to the cleaner. Talk about dead.