What a surprise. The snow was falling again this morning, with a forecast of anywhere from freezing rain to another foot and half of snow over the next 36 hours.
I toyed with the idea of heading back to Makamah Woods, but opted instead to return to Sunken Meadow, figuring Makamah would be just too big of a pain to run. With more bad weather forecasted, I also wanted to get in a few extra miles, and Sunken Meadow offers plenty of options.
I parked in the main lot and set out along the boardwalk. I was surprised to see a fair number of people out...I must have passed at least a dozen or so. I headed east to the far parking lot, figuring I would do a loop around there and set off for the toll booth. Just for kicks I decided to take the moat trail instead of the road. "C'mon," I said. "How bad can it be?" It was pretty snowy, slippy and slidey, but I managed to survive. I headed up the trail to the toll booth. The path was finally cleared all the way to the top so a minimum amount of running in the road was required. I came down the other side and turned at the bottom to set off for the golf course.
You know those cartoons where the character slips on ice (or a banana peel) and his arms and legs start flailing wildly? Yeah, that was me as I made the turn. The only think missing was the drum roll soundtrack. Somehow I managed to keep my balance, but that still didn't deter the "you're an idiot for running on this" look from the walker passing from the other direction at the same time.
Made the loop around the golf course and came back to the park. Headed up the hill to the tollbooth one more time and then back to the parking lot, skipping the moat trail this time.
I felt good. Right hammie was tight from the PITA but I'm pretty much just dealing with that at this point. But over all felt strong, with plenty of legs left to keep on going.
Headed to Chaminade early for a quick leg weight workout before James was done swimming. All in all, a good day.
98 miles down, 402 to go...
Celebrating my Boston qualifier with Stitch at 2010 Disney Marathon...
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