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December 16, 2008
Cold!!
Wow, it has been really cold here the last couple days. I think we hit a new record on Sunday night at -15. It is horrible! I guess the universe was punishing me for saying that it doesn't really get that cold here :)
Given the weather and my lack of desire to freeze to death I have not been outside on my bicycle since Saturday. I did have an awesome ride with a coworker on Saturday, so that was sweet. We rode about 2:40 and only had to walk through a few icy spots. I am a huge wuss in the ice on my bicycle - I am not too proud to admit that I would really rather not fall! I did have a wicked cross wind to deal with but that was not all that bad, luckily my friend shielded me from the worst of it. I love drafting!
On Sunday, the high was around 10 degrees. When I got to the gym it was 4 degrees out and I did actually consider running outside - running in the cold usually isn't that bad. However, there were several inches of fresh snow on the ground and I was worried about trotting around with a bum ankle on slippery ground. So I treadmilled it. It actually wasn't that bad! I really like watching the food network while I run on the treadmill and one of my favorites, Paula Dean, was on. It was so awesome, she was making a deep fried Christmas dinner! That means almost every component of the meal was deep fried. If it wasn't deep fried, it had fried bacon as a major component of the dish. She even had one of those fancy fryers like they have at McDonald's for french fries. She used it to fry asparagus. And she fried a huge ham leg too! Amazing. I love Southern people, I just don't think people from Colorado would even conceive of that idea. It actually did look delicious outside of the fried ham, but I do not really love ham in general.
So anyway I am learning all kinds of cool stuff now that I am exercising indoors. I am even swimming inside, it is far too cold to swim outside in my opinion! However, I did see several people coming in from the outdoor pool this morning. They are more hard core than I think I will ever be. I'm off to the treadmill for a tempo run and a lifting workout, I've had enough cold weather for today!
Posted by barb at December 16, 2008 2:57 PM