marching off on the right foot
i woke up this morning before the alarm went off and headed downstairs to gear up for a long run. the plan was to meet up with dana at 6AM. he had some commitments to take care of during the day and needed to get a run in early. i figured it would be alot easier to get in a longer run if i was running with someone else, so we met halfway in wauwatosa.
i was disappointed to see the bike trail i used to run on wasn’t plowed out so we ended up improvising headed west then south toward west allis. we then headed west along the new berlin recreation trail, which initially was very slow going due to snow on the trail. once we got past greenfield park, the trail was plowed so all we had to contend with was ice patches from the melt/refreeze cycle. we ran 7 miles in that first hour and made the turn a few clicks short of 7.5 miles.
heading back, we had the wind at our back and the sunshine for (relative) warmth. we cut out the unplowed section of trail and headed north through greenfield park then back up into wauwatosa. we ended up back at our cars at 15 miles in 2:03 which ends up to be 8:12 per mile pace. all things considered, it was a good effort…not too fast but not too slow either.