Snow running

I went on my first snow run today, and it was awesome! It's really not that cold (I was toasty warm for the whole run), it's not icy, there's 2-3 inches of fresh powdery snow, and Ravenna Park was absolutely gorgeous today. I ran around all the hilly upper trails, about 3.5 miles. I didn't really even notice the hills after all the hill training that I did for the Seattle Marathon (although I'll need to do a lot more if I'm going to start aiming for ultras!). I had to keep stopping to dig out the ice and snow that balled up under the heels of my shoes, but that was the only issue.

Since this is my first post on this blog, here is the running plan for 2009:

1/1/2009 - Resolution Run 5K and Polar Bear Dive
2/9/2009 - Valentine 5K
3/15/2009 - St. Patrick's Day Dash (3.75 miles?)
4/11/2009 - Sun Mountain 25K trail run
5/2/2009 - Bloomsday 12K (maybe)
5/11/2009 - Kirkland 1/2 Marathon
5/18/2009 - Beat the Bridge 8K
6/7/2009 - North Olympic Discovery Marathon (volunteering)
6/27/2009 - Seattle Rock N Roll 1/2 Marathon
7/25/2009 - Torchlight 8K
9/6/2009 - Skagit Flats 1/2 Marathon
10/4/2009 - Portland Marathon
11/29/2009 - Seattle Marathon

I will leave this post at that, as I still have lots of cleaning and Christmas cards to get to!