Blood Sacrifice (AKA "ALWAYS WEAR GLOVES!!!")

This is a new route, but I had to cut it short due to a temporary lack of equilibrium.

Yup, I tripped and landed on my hands (red arrow on map), right elbow and right knee. Or more accurately: I landed on my hands and bounced off my right elbow and right knee. The gloves got shredded but my hands are intact. My right elbow is skinned and I have three tiny scratches on my right knee. My pride is what's probably hurting the most.

Of course, had this happened even four months ago I would have been typing this from an ER bed, so there's that. As to why I fell, I think that I tripped on a sidewalk seam.

The pace was great for being a new route and oh-so-goddamn cold (32 degrees Fahrenheit with windchill, and ultra super dry), almost broke under 11 minutes/mile during mile two.