...awesome!! I love snow :-)
RUN: 6.5 miles 70 minutes. abt 19F with strong west winds. I ran the loop in FP, the only tri club nut to show up. There was a fantastic snow overnight and even though the roads were bad and I knew I'd likely be alone, I went anyway. The first 0.1 mile was spent finding the trail from the visitor's center. I missed it by a long-shot. At 0.15 miles, I had cold snow packed into the shoes around my ankles. By 0.2 miles I was second guessing my plan to run the loop.
But then, as I reached about 0.25 miles, I found my inspiration: another runner had already come through. Somebody beat me to it. Somebody had got up earlier than I did and blazed a trail for me. Somebody else found it in them to run the path in the snow and cold, so there was no way I'd turn back now. And all because of that, I kept going. I lost the trail again a few more times, as other runners took different paths than mine or the wind blew the tracks full, but I managed the entire usual route. It was COLD, and I usually do the loop in 55-58 minutes, but what a warm feeling to have that completed!
BIKE: 60 mins easy in small chain ring, about 16 miles or so unmeasured, indoors. The training plan called for only 30 mins, but I felt warm once I got started and didn't want to stop! This was about 40 mins after the run. I had shed the wet clothes from the run but kept some of the dry fleece-lined gear on. What a mix of gear to ride in: my fleecy-PI long tights, bra top, and barefeet in tri shoes. I tried to simulate a few hills, yet tried to keep it easy. The training plan seems to use biking as an alternate for running, we'll see how well this works.
NEXT: Swim on Friday, long run on Saturday 14miles.
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