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It's 20 outside right now, feels like 1 degree. We're waiting to walk Ben until the sun comes up, but it won't be a lot warmer in an hour. No sleep last night. Hopefully I'll get a few zzzs later.
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GGGood MMMorning, GGInny.. 2 below in Chicago heading your way.
Afternoon! Ran 13 with 3 X 3 @ MP on the TM earlier today. Pilates and weights tonight.
Stay warm!
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4 on the big (high income) track.
It's a balmy 28 here. We had freezing rain with a bit of snow on top of it. Maybe I will try to run outside if it warms up, but most likely it's the TM for me. The dogs need to go out, so maybe a short run inside and then a short walk if it's at all passable. DH is going to try to get to work in a few so he can report back.
Please stop sending those Pacific storms this way, at least for the next month.
Well we can't just keep them all here.
Ginny, I hope you are able to get some rest.
It's not supposed to get here until Saturday.
Saturday 73/23
It's not supposed to get here until Saturday. Saturday 73/23
That's a huge drop! Is it going to be super windy to move all of that warm air out?
Yes we'll have wind chills in the single digits. It will be mostly dry though just a chance of a few flurries.
Barking Mad To Run
Did a run/walk on the San Antonio Riverwalk after work yesterday. The Riverwalk is great at night because it is always lit up all year round. And for the holiday season, all the holiday lights are put up along the whole Riverwalk so makes for a very pleasant run. I ended up with a very nice and easy and enjoyable 3.1 miles. The temp was a pleasant 63 degrees. Enjoyed that. Later on Wednesday we had a 'cold front' move in - really windy, temps dropped into the upper 30s, low 40s, and it is still darn chilly today. Then tomorrow, that stuff gets 'blown out' and we will be almost up to 80 degrees by Saturday afternoon....crazy darn Texas weather in the San Antonio region...this is why a lot of people get the colds, coughs, and sniffles around here...dang weather keeps going back-and-forth about every 2-3 days or so, your body never has time to adjust. Oh well, it still beats Minnesota Blizzard weather.
And today is my 'Friday', as I am off tomorrow, yay. Gonna take a rest day, and then run tomorrow, do a race on Saturday, and then run again on Sunday.
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." Theodore Roosevelt
We, of course, are opting out for whatever. If you want beach time, come down here, yo.
I ran 4 outside in the snow and slush with the dogs. Effort wise, it felt a little bit like running on the beach. It was nice to get outside, and my trail shoes worked really well.
I want beach time.