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March 08, 2005
The Return of Winter
Yesterday was just too good to be true. Warm, slightly breezy, spring-like conditions just could not stick around. Today was one of those plain awful weather days. It was warm and raining when I got up and headed to work this morning. By 11:00 it had started to snow. I think that the snow stopped around 1:00 and half an hour later my mom called me at work to tell me to be careful because people were coming into the office and telling them how icy the roads were even though they did not look bad. When I left work it was cold and W-I-N-D-Y.
I took a nap when I got home and then turned on the news to see the weather. It was not pretty at all for going out to run. It was about 25 degrees out with a relentless wind. I don't know the exact numbers, but the sustained winds were probably around 30 mph gusting over 50. It was nearly impossible to run into the wind and it was downright scary when it was at my back. When there was a crosswind, I was being blown out of the side of the road that I run on. I would have taken today off, but I probably will not really run tomorrow since I was able to schedule a light rubdown tomorrow afternoon.
I saw D while I was waiting to cross the major road. He asked me if I wanted a ride since the conditions were so bad. He told me to go slow and take my time, but there really was not any other option. I felt pretty decent considering last night's workout. The wind was probably good for me to back off. I was going to do my striders, but there was no point in trying to work on form when I could not even stay up because of the wind.
I went to the gym and rode the stationary bike for an hour. I stretched and then got the heck out of dodge. On the way home I stopped and bought 4 pound and 6 pound medicine balls. Now I just have to figure out things to do with the darn things.
Hopefully there is no wind tomorrow!
Posted by Blondie at March 8, 2005 08:13 PM