A cool, wet morning. It started as light rain but switched over to light snow. First day for the new Hoka Carbon X3 shoes — glad I was past the one steep (10+% grade) downhill before the snow. Towns use tar to fill in cracks on asphalt roads. These tar strips can be very slippery. They’re all over this hill. Going up — no problem. Going down is where the risk is. New shoes can be somewhat slick until they get scuffed up.
Today’s run was a 5.24 mile hills route, including two climbs of the short 10+% grade hill that’s nearby. Pace was 9:39. Weight was 145.0.