Snow and hills!

So for all of last week, my plan was to run 16-18 miles one day this weekend. My preference is always Saturday because then it is over with but this weekend Saturday wasn't a good day because I spent most of the daylight at work. Yes its busy season so I spend almost all of my waking hours at work. As a result I was going to have to do my run on Sunday. I woke up at 9AM to find about an inch of snow on the ground and more coming down. Just enough to rid the sidewalks of all traction. I had to go though so I threw on my running gear, my hat, and my gloves and headed out the door. The plan was to head across the common and the garden, down Comm Ave to Fenway and then take the marathon route backwards to the bottom of "heartbreak hill" and then run back up the hill.



Things were going pretty well except for the snow blowing in my face and the slipping with every step and I just kept trucking on. I passed BC an hour in and then headed down the hills. For all of you that may think I am crazy for being out there running in that weather, I'd say I say about 30 other people running up and down the hill on my journey. In my head I was picturing running to the corner where the marathon turns onto comm ave, but I couldn't quite get a grasp on where I was. Usually when I am running there it is April and about 80 degrees. The snow was a good disguise.



I never did make it to the bottom. For once I listened to my watch instead of my brain and turned around when the watch 1 hr. 26 minutes. I didn't want run too far out because as I sometimes like to forget, I have to run back. The run back was pretty uneventful. The hills didn't seem too bad. There was one panic attack where I was removing ice from my eyelashes (yes it was that nice out) and it appeared that a large portion of my eyelashes had also come off with the ice (it ended up that wasn't the case). However I spent the last 5 miles of my run wondering just how in the world I was going to explain / disguise this problem. I ended the run 18 miles and 2 hours and 53 minutes from when I started, a bit tired, extremely hungry, and super pumped that I had done it!