Whole lotta catch-up. And cross-training.

Turns out Wednesday's snow not only goofed up my running, but my posting too.

We got about 15" - 18" of snow last week, pretty much as expected.  I took Wednesday off to dig out my driveway and take the kids sledding for a bit late afternoon.  Working from home means no "snow days".  Oh well.

On Thursday, with the roads still a mess I pulled out the spin bike and began cross training.  Did a fairly intense 45 minutes, but seeing as it was my first time back in the saddle, so to speak, after several months, I figured I would ease back into it.

Friday found me back in Sunken Meadow for a fairly ridiculous 6 mile run.  The roads in the park were clear, but I was determined to run the boardwalk first.  I set out through the ankle to knee deep snow in the western parking lot in an attempt to get to the end of the boardwalk.  About half way across I gave up, and shot up an access ramp to the boardwalk, only to find myself in snow up to my thighs.  I eventually climbed out on to the boardwalk which varied from perfectly clear to two foot drifts.  Like I said, it was fairly ridiculous.  I eventually got to the end and proceeded from there to do a toll booth/golf course loop that was windy but routine.

Saturday was a day for enjoying the snow and some cross-country skiing cross-training.  I met Rick over at Caleb Smith park for a one hour skate through the park.  Conditions were great, the trail was in reasonably good shape, and if it wasn't so bloody cold that our fingers were falling off, we probably would have stayed out longer. Still incredibly enjoyable.

On Sunday, I headed back to Sunken Meadow, where I'm now concerned I'm getting burned out on Sunken Meadow quickly.  But with the roads still clogged with snow, I have little choice.  I mixed it up a bit by parking in the eastern parking lot, did another tollbooth/golf course loop and running the last mile back from the course in 5k pace.  Not too bad.  Felt a bit of life in my legs.

This morning was another spin morning since I need to be home.  Hopefully I'll get out this afternoon - figured I would check out the roads with a conservative four-miler down to Crab Meadow Beach.

Light miles these past few days, but good cross-training.  I'll be OK...

62 miles down, 438 to go