Tough Run

I haven't done a long one for awhile. Surprisingly, I did pretty well, making decent time in slogging through some deep snow.

When I got out of the door and down toward the bluff, the snow was coming down so thick the downtown was completely obscured. Not quite white out, but visibility was very low. Quite beautiful, actually.

The path along the edge of the bluff was pretty much unpacked snow, more than ankle deep. The Path Under The Stairs felt treacherous with the snow on it, although I don't think it was really all that bad.

I took the ramp down to the trail along Memorial Drive, where it looked like it had been plowed fairly recently. Mostly a little packed snow here and there, and the stuff coming down was slowly piling up.

At places where the trail gets near the river, the movement of water was loud. It's very low, so the rocks on the river bed are almost uncovered in places.

By Crowchild, the snow had let up some. It was still coming down, though, still building up slowly. The bridge across the river at Edworthy was covered with a thick layer of snow that rolled out from under foot.

Crossing the tracks, it was a narrow trail, partly packed. Stepping off on either side was unpacked snow, almost knee deep in places. I tried to stay on the packed stuff, but it was very uneven, and I would slip into the deeper stuff often. A good workout for the ankles. Probably the hips and glutes, too, cuz I sure feel them.

I pushed hard through the unplowed stuff, and once at Crowchild it was clear again. From there, nothing much different. Just kept plugging until turning onto Prince's Island, where the paths hadn't been cleared for a couple of days.

At the stairs, I did OK until the last big landing. After that I didn't have anything left to do much more than to slog up the last four flights of stairs. A slow run through more deep snow on the bluff trail, then heading northward toward home.

Distance: 16.22 Time: 1:37:01
Average speed: 5:58 min/km. (10.72 kph)
Rest distance: .9198 km. Rest time: 10:00.
Total distance: 17.14 km. Total time: 1:43:42.

Shoes: Asics GT-2130.
Today's earworm: Nothing really stuck.

Weather: Light snow and -7C.