I was up late Sunday night, and it was cold and windy with 4 or 5 inches of new snow this morning, so I waited to run until noon. It was still cold and windy, but the roads were clear. I ran down 1600 N to 400 W, north on 400 W to the canal road, east and south on the muddy/snowy canal road, got off at the first opportunity and climbed east up a steep hill then wandered south to 400 E and 1600 N then west to home. I averaged 8:35/mi overall, running the last half mile or so at 7:52/mi, downhill, but into a pretty strong and cold headwind. It wasn't especially fast, but with the cold wind, mud, and hills mixed in, I felt good about pushing the entire 5.5 miles, and was not bothered at all by the right hip pain that hampered me on Saturday's run.
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