Winter sucks. Weather... 3 out of the last 4 mornings I've started my day shoveling 3-4" of snow. At least it hasn't been a foot or more. Now another polar vortex is coming. Joy of joys. I know others have it worse and I shouldn't complain but I will anyway. Picture from the deck this morning of "beautiful" white shit that fell from the sky yesterday evening into the overnight.

No workout yet today. I will do gym stuff later, perhaps a short road run.

I slogged about 4-5 yesterday with the Lady out at the lake through the snow. We had a mix of mud slush snow, untouched snow, and packed slush/ice snow. My cranky knees felt mildly ok yesterday, but my left foot/ankle decided to join the pain party. Not sure what that was... felt like something in a lower tendon tightened up and then my ankle hurt and made me sort of limp. Nearly turned around and hiked back after 3/4 mile but stretched it out, walked for a few minutes and was able to resume my slogging.

QOTD: Had any good new beers or libations recently?

Hit Wegmans yesterday to look for some new beers, they always have a nice variety and a lot of local PA stuff. Picked up a Belgian Golden Ale called Sanctified from a local brewery, Round Guys brewing. It was really good and 2 full pints packed a punch. Odd, the label did not mention ABV%. I think it may have been up there.

AT - Congrats to you and the missus on the Naked Bavarian. That second dose of snow Friday night into Saturday morning must have made it fun. Friend of mine from the Dawgs ran the 20 miler as well.

Armadillos. I've ran with them before in Oklahoma and Florida. The Lady chased them a few times on the trails at Lake McMurty. It was pretty funny, though I did not want her to catch one. The DWD run in the green swamp in Florida had a section called Armadillo Brillo. Sort of a dry open savanna like area. They were out there scittering about but I have not seem them often in Florida.

Good Morning,

Coming out of lurking (again).

Winter weather here, too (not surprising, it's central PA), and only getting worse as the week rolls on. Bad news for a summer-loving person like me. 

Here's a picture from yesterday's evening run/walk:

Yes, on the road. 

Temperature is in the lower 20's, so not really bad, but it should go down into the single digits the next few days again. I think I might develop winterphobia soon.

I found a great ultra run that I might keep on my radar. It is a 460-mile run in Germany, called the Goldsteig Ultra. Sounds like a fun run, terrain similar to what I am used to, and not too difficult in terms of elevation. Maybe for 2020. The entry fee is really low (less than $1/mile), but there are other costs involved (purchasing their own drop bags, bag transportation, etc.), and it's a logistic challenge as well, as it is a point-to-point race with only 4 aid stations along the way. Time limit is 192 hours, if anyone is interested. They do accept applications (acceptance at the RD's discretion) from US runners, as I've been told by the RD, even though USA is not on their mailing list for documents. I might make this my long term motivational run.

QOTD: No. My workplace is right next to the huge beer section in a store, but I never have the time to really look through it, let alone find the gluten free ooptions. I'll stick with Captain Morgan for now.

Enjoy the day, runners!

SRD today.  Hoping for a break in the rain this week so the trail dries out and more importantly the rivers/streams/bayous go down a little for my DD and my tail adventure this weekend. It's going to be a muddy mess.

XT - that is a really nice photo, even if you're sick of the white stuff, it looks nice from here. Funny about you going to the gym, would have thought the shoveling would have sufficed, ya know, cross training.  Hope the cranky parts settle down soon.

mt - man it's still f-ing cold up there. (See above re: shoveling cross training.)

FTYC !!!!!!!  -  Yay nice to hear from you!!!!  Hope all is going well.  Sorry I can't see your photos.  That German ultra sounds nice... maybe after I retire (who knows whenever that will happen). Looks like I'll be up that way in early May to visit the SIL and fam.

dhuff - yup it a bit chilly here too (embarrassed to say though compared to what mt has to deal with.)  Looks like I'll be doing that Possums Revenge 69 miler afterall.  Maybe I'll see ya there.

qotd: I had a nice double IPA with Bert-o in downtown Manhattan a little while back.  It was in a place called the Malt House on Maiden Ln.  I don't remember the name of the actual IPA I had though.

FTYC- welcome back

60+ miles a day for 8 days sounds grueling- love it!

Sandy that would be great.  I'm doing it with a friend who lives in San Antonio and we're staying at the Hideaway.  It's a 6 hour drive for me so it'll be a long one.  I've been trying to stay within 3 hours or so as long drives kill my back. I'm a little tiny thing so might get lost in the crowd but I tend to start as far back as possible to stay out of peoples way.  Have you done this one before?

A quick 6 this morning...just a minute over an hour...fast for us.  Earl was on a mission.

QOTD:  Nope..

XT:  It's beautiful!

AT:  Nice pictures.  Love the snow with the brightly colored people.  Can't believe that girls is in shorts, a t-shirt and not gloves.  Us California people would be bundled up! 

Marie:  Hi...welcome back.  Glad you are still running.

Sandy:  Sweet you are going to get that cool belt buckle!!!

Jamie:  Hi...