Nice Trail Conditions this Morning

The trails conditions this morning were faster than they are mid summer. With all the thawing we had over the past few days and then a solid freeze last night, they were hard and crunchy. My feet hardly sank in at all and the traction was great. The plan was for a warm up on the trails and then 5K pace running on the roads. But the conditions were too good to waste, so I did 6 miles on the trails and put the fast paced stuff off until tomorrow. Another rest day will do me good, anyway. I did just over 6 miles in 50:30 on a route that takes at least 55 minutes in the summer because of blackberry brambles and rocks. Despite the fact that the trail was awesome today, I was still excited to run over one patch of bare ground. I had exactly 9 steps worth of dirt before I was back on snow!