Boston -81 -- Thu. Jan. 28

Today was another test: come into work for a meeting, THEN go and run, and still get back to campus for my afternoon classes. Plan: drive in, partly in running gear, then run home, and take bus back in. It nearly worked, sort of partly anyway. Main problems were an unanticipated blizzard (wuh?) and missing the bus back in. Ouf. But will do better next time!

Running wise, I jogged to the visitor lot, then moved car to my lot, and ran from there. Snow was steady with some wind, so I wore longs and my NorthEast jacket with hood up over hat (noisy, but warm for the start). First part was fine, plod plod along Univ. Drive to join the rail trail which while under an inch of fresh snow was mainly clear of old snow and ice (thanks to recent rain). Going was slipperyish, but not too hard. Followed trail all the way, hitting 6 miles as I exited to Warren Wright; pace was steady, but harder work than clock shows thanks to footing. Then along to the gentle climb up Orchard, on to Federal; then deviate onto Metacomet to add a bit of distance and stay off 9--to Bay instead, then up to Hamilton, and finally stop clock just after 12 miles at railway underpass, thus:

Time: 1:32:51
Distance: 12.10
Pace: 7:40s

Comment: jogged home and felt a bit sore, but refreshed too. Good miles, good run.