Long (Icy) Run with Henry

Henry and I went out in about 28 degree weather yesterday for 12 miles. We "meandered" around the city taking paths with as little packed snow as possible (which was left over from our 10.5 inches a week ago). Here's where we ran:

(The letters correspond to some of the photos below,
and the arrows are which direction I took the photos.)

I got Henry bundled up and we were ready to go:

Photo "A:" snow-packed roads for the first 3 blocks.


Henry passed out less than 1 minute into our run.

The River Road Trail had a bit of packed ice/snow when we started out on it, but it cleared up shortly.

Photo "B:" smooth running!


Photo "C:" down the Greenway Trail. It sucked. We turned around soon.


Photo "D:" the west side of River Road had 1 "lane" of it's 3 open the whole way.

My shoulders and left hand got a little sore. My shoulders were sore from often having to lift the stroller and run with it just on the front wheel through narrow / bumpy patches. And my left hand was sore from gripping the stroller tighter than usual. My right hand is apparently used to gripping things tightly. You know what I'm talking about. You know. YOU KNOW. Yeah... you know.

We went down the big hill under the Franklin Bridge and the I-94 Bridge. I hardly go down that because big long hills tend to flare up my heel issues. But in this case (as my theory goes), this big long hill was well plowed, salted, and sanded BECAUSE it was a big long hill - the city didn't want anyone getting hurt. Here's 2 shots looking back up it on my way up:

Photo "E:" at the bottom of the hill.


Photo "F:" past I-94, still running up towards Franklin.

We ran back and forth over a mile stretch before heading home because the trail was GREAT there (Photo "B" from above).So on my way back, I took a photo of the "worst" of it around the start / end of the River Trail:

Photo "G."


STILL passed out after pulling into the yard.


My pace chart RARELY looks this "sporadic" - I had to slow up lots of times for snow/ice/bumps.

So this run puts my 2012 running total at 984.45 miles, and it puts my "Henry Run" miles for 2012 at 493.64 miles! So (knock on wood) I should EASILY be able to break 1,000 total miles. And one more non-snow-covered mild day home with Henry when I need a run should allow me a final "Henry Run" to put OUR total over 500 miles together for the year. Here's to hoping!!