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Saturday Nov 21, 2015 #
2 PM
Run 1:11:00 [3] 10.2 km (6:58 / km)
Headed into Oslo once my bag had arrived; by the time I got to Cassie and Jim's place it was almost time for lunch (i.e. it was past 11am - first 'welcome to Norway' moment, but felt a bit strange because I'd taken full advantage of the hotel breakfast, and done so reasonably late). Ended up planning on an afternoon run; the second 'welcome to Norway' moment was the realisation that if we wanted to get this done before it got dark we'd need to be out there at 2 or slightly after).
The quirks of winter conditions were on display today. Last time I was here in the colder months, the extra altitude at Cassie's place meant good-quality snow up there and an icy mess lower down. Today it was the opposite - icy up top (drizzle onto snow a couple of days ago), but essentially clear lower down. Struggled to keep up with Jim on the rougher trails above the snowline - I'm sure it helps to have an instinctive knowledge of which bits of ground you can trust and which you can't - and after a good month back was a little iffy today, but not too bad as a run. Felt comfortably warm even with temperatures below freezing (probably -2 or -3).
The quirks of winter conditions were on display today. Last time I was here in the colder months, the extra altitude at Cassie's place meant good-quality snow up there and an icy mess lower down. Today it was the opposite - icy up top (drizzle onto snow a couple of days ago), but essentially clear lower down. Struggled to keep up with Jim on the rougher trails above the snowline - I'm sure it helps to have an instinctive knowledge of which bits of ground you can trust and which you can't - and after a good month back was a little iffy today, but not too bad as a run. Felt comfortably warm even with temperatures below freezing (probably -2 or -3).