See! I wasn't lying! But, despite the crazy amount of snow, it was a great run. It was gorgeous and quiet (I seemed to be the only person out on the trails. Odd), and the weather was great.
I did a 15 min warm up followed by 45 min of keeping my heart rate under 140, and then a 15 cool down. Oddly, between the several inches of snow, leaping over mounds left by snow plows and patches of ice, it was kind of hard keeping my heart rate under control! But I was pretty happy to see that my pace was a little better than I expected. My last outdoor run was an average pace of 22:44 (on completely clear trails), so I was expecting this one to be worse since there was all the added snow challenges, but I ended up with an average pace of 21:40! I know, I know...still super slow, even for me...but it's an improvement! So not only is my pace decreasing, but it even decreased with all the added elements.
I'm nearly done with my "pre-training" plan, and I'm excited that I'm seeing improvements. The "official" plan kicks off on the 9th!
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