Easy run + 3 x 8-sec. hill sprints. 6:28 am, 33° F, 87% humidity, winds calm, snowing. I had to check the date this morning. Is it really mid-May? It feels more like early March. Was it really warm enough to run in shorts just 2 days ago? It snowed for the entirety of my run and is snowing still. It's mostly sticking to the grass and not to the roads. However, some of the places that I ran were slushy or snow-covered. And the most joyous part of all was when a car would drive by in the lane next to me and spray me with slush. At one point I had to stop to tie my shoe. I had my back to traffic and my foot up on a bus bench. A truck came along and sprayed my backside. I started my hill sprints a little ways up the hill instead of at the bottom of the hill because there was a little river running across the bottom of the hill. Michelle was planning to do 18 miles by herself on the trail this morning. I wonder if she's doing it, and if so, how it's going. I feel a little bad for bailing on her but not bad enough to drag myself through 18 miles this morning. AP: 10:02. Splits: 10:20, 10:18, 9:55, 9:34, 9:48.
Pace on hill sprints: 6:51, 7:12, 6:59.
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