Route (newly made up today) : French Country Run
Activity: Run
Started: Jan 10, 2011 1:29:36 PM
Stopped Time: 0:00
Distance: 7.76 miles
Fastest Pace: 7:54 /mile
Climb: 184 feet
Calories: 736
Official Route: Yes
Clothing Worn: Vibram Treks (yes, still wearing Vibrams the whole winter! Coldest day in them so far has been “feels like 2 degrees” .. but it’s coldest not when it’s cold but when my feet feel the snow or ice underneath … takes awhile to warm up!
See Nature Photography of Ice on Lake Geneva
I love making up new routes to run .. sometimes I sit earnestly, looking at Google Maps, scoping out possible runs. I wind up calculating distances at many junctures since my runs typically move from trail to road and there is no way to get google to trace distances on anything but road. … The most fun I have in making new routes though is having a general idea and then literally drawing the map with my forward motion (see below).
This particular route gave me scenery from two of our larger lakes, Lake Como (first) and then Lake Geneva, where running along the shore provided me ample serene pictures of the almost hauntingly quiet lake. The honking geese and the cracking ice are the music that I hear and I prefer that to the summer crowds that make their noises with speed boats and jet skis in the summer time.
It was a bit warmer than its been lately – roughly 20 degrees – so I snapped a few pictures (below) with my Iphone of the Ice Art by Mother Nature …. not sure how many get out to appreciate it!
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