[backpost] SRRC run -- Sun. Feb. 6

Bill planned a 23 miler, but I was only up for 18 (per my prep charts) so he kindly reconfigured to make his first 18 end up back at DnD. Nick was there too, and he accompanied us for the first part: slushy, pools of ice water and *very* slippery bits -- this was a challenging run, distance aside. Started through the high school: that was a mistake, as the roads were icerinks. . . Then up into town, round to 181 and down (precariously!) to Jensen; along through to Jabish, round to Aldrich, then through deep slush back to 181 and do the same Jensen Aldrich loop again; then back at Jensen this time keep going on across 9 up to Old Enfield, and back the usual way via Hamilton and GeoHannum and Jackson; finally at Howard, with end in sight, I pull off for a fast(er) bit, and end up at the DnD thus:

Time: 2:26:48
Distance: 18.17 miles
Pace: 8:05s

Comment: Bill came back to DnD too, then went and added 5 more at a cracking pace, so his average was 10 seconds better overall despite being slower over the first 18! I was pretty sore at the end, but it's a step up, and that's how it will feel. We'd carried gatorade bottles and deposited them at the cemetery so we could grab drinks as we went by -- neat idea on this new (to me) loop, which I'll reuse, I hope.