2nd Snowstorm 10K -- Sat. December 22

A solstice run, and though I was not sure till I left at 8:40 or so that I'd really do it, I'm glad I did. The fast crew were there this time, over a hundred runners in all, and the ground was really awful for running on -- which of course made it plenty of quite sociable fun! Took it slowishly at the start, aiming as last time to mark Steve O'Neil. Silly stuff in the second mile as Joe Fois had fun sliding on the ice and we all had to keep going from full stride to "little steps, little steps!!" to avoid going down. Got used to it, and tried to keep up in the third mile, but my targets were really full of beans. That was a 5:43, which took it out of me, and I lost a few more places as we went through the second half -- though I had fun regaining a place briefly by vaulting a gate instead of going under it. At about mile 4 numb leg syndrome: not fun, and on one corner I nearly fell as the numb leg wobbled. But it faded a bit as I slowed down and tried to run through it. Couldn't catch Steve O or the guy right ahead of me despite a push near the end -- in fact nearly got caught by one more guy, right at the end, and only a final push plus a (generous?) fade from him gave me 15th instead of 16th. Here's the official data, plus *what my digivice said about the distance:

Time: 42:45
Distance: 6.2 miles *6.65 miles
Speed: 9.3 mph

Comment: the extra distance can be explained in part by the wiggling route as I tried to aoid the icy patches mainly, and that we ran on the road not the sidewalk on the back stretch outside the park. But all in all a good run, considering my iffy condition. Ran in shorts, but the rest winterised (hat, gloves, longsleeved fleece).