Brrr!! again
Jan. 31st, 2010 07:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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The weather hasn't been all that bad the past couple of weeks, except for the annoyance of all the ice and snow on the ground. Last week's rain did a nice job of washing it all away. Today I did ~8 miles starting from home, but hooking in with the usual around-the-lakes route and it felt good (and safe) to actually be able to use the now-clear path and sidewalks rather than the shoulder.
Naturally, that couldn't last. The snow began, of course, while I was running, and by the time I returned home, I was soaked to the skin. (On the up side, running eight miles in heavy snow makes it very easy to catch lots of flakes on one's tongue.)
Then tonight was a lecture on assorted training topics, and while I biked over, we were hit by a snowsquall. Visibility was quite suddenly cut short and the combination of factors made the roads extremely slippery, which I noticed both in myself and watching cars and people slide around, so I walked the last few blocks and arrived late looking like the abominable snowman, albeit much shorter.
By the time I headed home, the roads were once again clear but the temperature had dropped and winds gusted so hard that I had to pedal the last downhill to my street instead of the usual coasting.
At this point, it's below freezing, will continue to get colder, and the forecast doesn't go above 32 until *Wednesday*. This Sunday, of course, is one of our special long runs on the Marathon course. I'm starting to wonder if we are cursed!
The weather hasn't been all that bad the past couple of weeks, except for the annoyance of all the ice and snow on the ground. Last week's rain did a nice job of washing it all away. Today I did ~8 miles starting from home, but hooking in with the usual around-the-lakes route and it felt good (and safe) to actually be able to use the now-clear path and sidewalks rather than the shoulder.
Naturally, that couldn't last. The snow began, of course, while I was running, and by the time I returned home, I was soaked to the skin. (On the up side, running eight miles in heavy snow makes it very easy to catch lots of flakes on one's tongue.)
Then tonight was a lecture on assorted training topics, and while I biked over, we were hit by a snowsquall. Visibility was quite suddenly cut short and the combination of factors made the roads extremely slippery, which I noticed both in myself and watching cars and people slide around, so I walked the last few blocks and arrived late looking like the abominable snowman, albeit much shorter.
By the time I headed home, the roads were once again clear but the temperature had dropped and winds gusted so hard that I had to pedal the last downhill to my street instead of the usual coasting.
At this point, it's below freezing, will continue to get colder, and the forecast doesn't go above 32 until *Wednesday*. This Sunday, of course, is one of our special long runs on the Marathon course. I'm starting to wonder if we are cursed!
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Date: 2010-01-31 06:10 pm (UTC)Nope, you are being specially trained, so when the Marathon is run in 20 degree weather, you will have a leg up on the other runners. ;-)