Golly, I thought everyone was sleeping in...  morning part:  The 3-mile loop to the beach and along the prairie and back... our "steady at 28, gusting to 40" continues, but the direction has changed.

QOTD: Have you ever turned back on a run because of deteriorating weather?  We were about an hour and a half into a four-hour run once when an ice storm came in from the coast.  Within thirty minutes there was enough weight added to the trees we started hearing branches breaking.  When we heard a tree go down we rerouted to meadows and open-area trails for the return trip.  Yesterday's winds gave us pause: long enough to be deliberate about the trails where a falling tree shouldn't be a danger.  We had several pauses to watch the waves.

Morning folks! Got in 7.5 this morning. I'll head back out this afternoon for 4-5 at the track.

QOTD: Yes, I have turned and high-tailed it for home due to weather. Mostly due to starting a run in the sun (therefore shorts and t-shirts) only to have the weather go south and turn to freezing rain or snow.

I'm gonna rest today but last night I did 8 miles from the river, over the ridge and back for about 520 feet of elevation gain in the first 4 miles.

Funny story, after 2.24 miles, I hit the steepest part of the route when I noticed another runner pass me and maintain a 200 yard lead on me as we wound up into the park I ran some different trails than he did, but as we left after 3-4 miles he was 200 yards ahead of me again.  I found myself determined to catch him as he turned the corner at the intersection of the road.  When I got there he was getting into his car.

I felt better about myself that I had another  2 miles to run and he was fresh when he passed me on the hill.

QOTD:  Never had severe enough weather moving fast enough to make me bail out while running.  Rode out of Elk Camp in 18 inches of new snow in 2011 and that had me puckered.  Was glad I wasn't out 6 miles from camp when that storm hit

Good afternoon.  DW dragged me off the couch for 4 miles on some easy trails.  I felt like I ran 20 miles.  Now time for a nap.  This virus really sucks.

QOTD:  The 2008 Pike Peak Ascent - We got stopped at A-Frame, due to lightning. and told we could not continue.  So my 13.1 mile ascent turned into a 20.4 miles up and down.  My nice warm clothes were at the top, and it was foggy and freezing cold.  As we passed people on our way down, no one believed us when we told them the race was stopped.  Most of the fist wave made it past A-Frame before the storm, but only a few from the second ave made it.  I gave a way my race shirt because I didn't finish the race.

Slept in this morning and then did a little core training and a bike ride.  Nice weather here today.

qotd: Yes. Lightening.

 Rocky trail with a light mist that had been falling for a while made the rocks very slick.  

Did you do that AT section around Boiling Springs?

 

Yes I did...starting at Boiling Springs and went South.  Any other day, it would have been fine but it was worse than running/hiking on ice.  I'll be back again.  It is a nice area.

I'm sure the rocks were pretty slick this am.  I've run that section in the fall with wet leaves, and it was slow going.  No big ricks, but a ton of small ones to keep your attention.