RUN 14 miles in ?? 2:30 I think?
The forecast for this run was COLD. Negative wind chill and single digit otherwise temps. Last night I emailed TV and asked "do you feel safe running an isolated trail in this weather?". He didn't see it in time, or politely ignored it. Funnier to think the latter. When I sent the email, a neighbor's wind chime was banging away, not chiming - but banging, across the street. That prompted my email. Alone with the nagging fear of being cold, memories of the LV run (one year ago!) in which I got really really cold, and well, just being cold.
Morning came and although my outdoor thermometer read "--", it wasn't that bad out. No wind, calm, sunshine. So after getting lost twice driving to TV's new home, we ran Chubb!
Started from the RR parking lot and ran the bluff to the Chingie, then back up. I stopped my Garmin during a break after Chingie and forgot to restart it -NUTS! Didn't realize that until I high-five'd the picnic table. I was of course over-dressed, from my balaclava, neck gaiter, base layer, purple shell jacket, two pairs of pants, and hand warmers - but no complaints! It didn't seem to the be as cold as forecasted, so the first 7 miles up and over the bluff felt great.
This continued along the river section, where we started finding slickery mud! I was happy to see the mud, it meant it was warm out, and I was singing the praises until I FELL. I slipped on what looked like an ideal step onto a flat metal piece of something. Well it was a slick flat metal piece of something and I pitched forward. Missed the mud of course and landed both knees hard onto frozen footprints. OUCH!!!! The hit of adrenaline, heart racing, panicky feeling was almost worse than the knees. Took some time to calm down and assess. I was OK, just needed to relax. Ooooh they hurt (still do) but I was able to run.
Up the fire road, back down, then along the river TV hits a fallen tree in the face. He ended up with a graze across the nose and a forehead bump. "Soft wood", he said. Lucky!!
This sure didn't feel like single digit temps and it wasn't. A bank on the way home said 30F and this was about 1-2pm. Stopped at a wine and cheese place so TV could get a VDay present (cheese samples!), see the new house, then errands and shopping for me.
Sure didn't feel like 14 miles either! Felt great! Aside from the knee bruises.
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