science museum loop

distance: 7.82 miles (click here for route)
time: none (no point, with all the slippage)
weather: 20F, slight wind, diminishing flurries
surface: snow-covered asphalt (but blanket-soft for much of the way, with little under-crust, only one ankle-deep puddle mistaken for blessed pavement)
music: none
pre-run eats: apple, yogurt, two Advil, cup of coffee.