Holy Springtime, Batman!
In the course of my last 4 runs, I’ve gone from 21 degrees and windy with slush falling from the sky to 68 degrees and sunny with a slight breeze. Just in between these last two runs, the temperature went up 25 degrees! It’s been three months since I [...]
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Withdrawal?
Between my horrendous cold, and the occasional slush-storm, I’ve been back on that blasted machine for ten days now. The longer I go, the larger percentage of my day I spend thinking about running, or looking up running articles on the internet. I’m actually having dreams about running! I [...]
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Still Fighting!
Just a quick update. It seems I have to amend my temperature rule on runs to include wind-chill. Today was around 30 degrees, according to the forecast, until I went out to run, and nearly had the skin flayed off my face! I’ve never had the tip of my [...]
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Fighting the Elements
Ugh! So after one sub-twenty-degree run in the new year, I instituted a policy of no more sub-twenty-degree runs! At least until I find some gear that protects my nose and lungs while I run, anyway. Who knew you could freeze your nose hairs? Also, as it turns out, huffing [...]
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I managed a last run of 2011, the morning of New Year’s Eve! Coincidentally, it also marked exactly six months that I’ve been running. It was a surprisingly important milestone to me, important enough to undertake even though we were in Maryland visiting friends. I should however, have considered [...]
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Worst Run Evar!
Maybe it was the clouds. Maybe it was the season, or the fact that I didn’t sleep well, or that shit just happens all at once some days. Whatever it was, this morning’s run was just the most unpleasant, infuriating experience I’ve had in a long time. It started [...]
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Freakin’ Snow?!?!?
I knew it had happened. I’d heard the weather reports. I’d seen the first signs the night before. None of that prepared me for the shock and dread of opening the front door to confront my first snow-run. Never mind for a moment the surprise of seeing pre-Halloween snow in [...]
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