The plan was for 12 outdoor miles today, since I've been doing so many treadmill runs.  The fact that it snowed last night was not going to stop me.  Upon arrival at Lake Scranton, I immediately noticed the lack of cars in the parking lot.  It is usually near full, and today there were two, other than my own.  I made my way down to the trail, nearly falling a few times on the snow covered, ice slick path.

I hit the trail a few moments later to find it completely snow covered, with a few sets of footprints through the middle.  I setup my Ipod and Nike+ and began running.  The snow definitely increase the difficulty level, as your feet sink in and slip every which way.  As difficult as it was, I had a blast.  The first 2.5 miles where snow covered, then I hit a 0.5 mile stretch where the path had been plowed, before getting back into the snow for the last 0.5 miles.

Unfortunately, the difficult surface was decreasing my efficiency, and I was getting tired on just the second lap around.  At 6.5 miles, my IPod battery ran out.  I decided it was best if I just finished up at 7 miles, with an approximate 8:30 pace.  I should mention that running in the snow caused my Nike+ to measure the 6.5 miles as 7.4... Interesting.

These are some pics from after the run.