Scout and I started this run at about 5:30 p.m. The sky was overcast with a few small flakes coming down. By the time we got to the Clear Creek trail (1 mile), it was snowing pretty hard. I love to run in the snow. It is very peaceful. My plan was to run 6 miles as we we
re meeting friends for trivia and beer at 7:00. However, the snow was so gorgeous I decided to keep going and run a few more. However, by the time I turned around at mile 4, the sky was dumping! 2 inches had fallen on the trail in about 40 min, and it was still coming down hard. I had 4 miles to get back home, and the wind was now in my face. So much for the peaceful run! Now it was head down and hammer home. I had to stop 
under each overpass just to get the crusted snow off of my eyelashes and clean off Scout's face so she could see. Here are some pics taken when we got back.
re meeting friends for trivia and beer at 7:00. However, the snow was so gorgeous I decided to keep going and run a few more. However, by the time I turned around at mile 4, the sky was dumping! 2 inches had fallen on the trail in about 40 min, and it was still coming down hard. I had 4 miles to get back home, and the wind was now in my face. So much for the peaceful run! Now it was head down and hammer home. I had to stop 
under each overpass just to get the crusted snow off of my eyelashes and clean off Scout's face so she could see. Here are some pics taken when we got back. Average pace for this run was 9:13 min/mile. Miles 1 & 2 were right at 9:00 pace, and miles 3 & 4 were tempo at 8:31 and 8:35. Then I turned around into the wind and ran 9:30's for the next 3. Mile 8 was the slowest at 10:14. As you can see from the elevation, we live on a big hill, so that last mile up is certainly a challenge for me. Hills are not my friends.
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Do you have a picture of you are running in the snow? if you do I would like to see it! Your dog is so cute!
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