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October 30, 2005
Weather Extremes and Close Encounters
Can it snow one day and be 70 degrees the next? Well, that's what happened this weekend. Backing up, on Friday, I ran for 45 minutes (I'm back to running 6 days/week). It was slightly windy, but comfortably warm.
I heard it might snow on Saturday, but I didn't believe it. I slept in until 9:45 because Brad was at practice. I wanted to run right away, but ended up watching "Message in a Bottle." I turned on the tv for the brief moment that I was tying my shoes and ended up not running until 11:30 and going through quite a few tissues. I was only doing a 35 minute double, so I felt like I would have plenty of time in between runs. It was quite cold on the run and I wished I had worn something over my ears.
In between runs we did a slew of errands. While we were helping a friend pick out a snowblower at Home Depot, it began snowing hard. Go figure. So, Brad and I did our second run as bundled up as bundled up can be. We were very wet and frozen. I do love running while it's snowing, so I'm not complaining, just surprised our first snow happened so early. It didn't add up to much -- probably because the ground was too warm.
Today we woke up (loved the extra hour of sleep) to a very warm day. I could have easily done my workout in shorts, but wore spandex because I can't get rid of the tightness in my hamstrings. I did a 15 minute warmup and cooldown and a 20 minute hard effort (7:20/mile pace). I don't have a defined pace at this point because marathon pace is too slow (8:23?) since it's the same pace (or slower) as my daily runs. Last time we went by my predicted marathon pace according to Daniel's Running Formula. I obviously ran a lot faster than that, but it was only for 20 minutes and it felt comfortable.
On my cooldown, I almost got run over by a car while crossing a side street. I didn't need to stop at any of the side streets to cross. Rather, I just made sure there weren't any cars running. Nothing was coming, so I crossed the street, and just as I was almost across, a car came right at me (on the wrong side of the road mind you). In those 2 seconds, I sprinted and jumped to safety. The driver looked horrified, but kept going on his merry way. I was so angry, but no one was around, so I didn't have anyone to talk about it with. I'm just glad Brad wasn't with me, because he would have chased after the guy :-)
Posted by Caitlin at October 30, 2005 07:39 PM
Comments
Eek about the car! I'm glad that you were okay. Drivers are so blind to runners and bikers, I can't understand it.
Hope your hamstring feels better soon!
Posted by: Meghan at October 31, 2005 01:06 PM
Great reflexes - glad you got out unscathed. Have you tried a heating pad on your hammies? That usually helps loosen me up when they're tight.
Posted by: Leilani at October 31, 2005 02:30 PM
I was thinking about you and all of the other Boston area folk when they showed snow on the news in Boston! Just three (?) weeks ago when I was up there it didn't seem like snow was imminent. 70 degrees the next day, what the (*&^?
Blondie
Posted by: Blondie at November 1, 2005 07:52 PM