Deteriorating Conditions
So close! We were so close to having the leg saving, life giving, and all powerful trails deiced and open for running. As I type this there is 7 inches of fresh snow on the ground making the roads the surface of choice for the next few weeks. I was able to pull one over on the snow by waking up this morning at 5:45 and getting in 10.38 miles in the Cross St. 10 course that is quickly becoming a favorite of mine. It only feels like I am doing 7. Of course when you wake up at 5:45 who is really getting who. I was on the treadmill for 5.21 miles in 36:30. I think the treadmill actually helped me out this time because I have been doing my easy runs a bit too hard so it was nice to set the treadmill at 8.6 and just let it be. Kept things under control.
The weather is not the only thing that is deteriorating. Things are not looking so good for US spy satellites that lose power months after being launched into orbit. Such bad behavior from expensive space programs gets dealt with swiftly and harshly. The satellite with the bad attitude has the privilege to get targeted and tracked by my current project SBX and blown into tiny little pieces by a Raytheon issue Standard Missile 3 (SM-3). When two objects traveling at such high speeds collide the energy released is just unbelievable. As you would expect from one thing powered by hydrazine and another power by ammonia and crushed aluminum. It takes a lot of money and a long time to develop, design. and manufacture such systems but when they work as well as they did on Wednesday it is all worth it. Seriously, who wants a satellite fuel tank full of hydrazine falling in their back yard? Me neither.
Now over the next few days everyone can enjoy the light show of of a million tiny pieces of spy satellite burning up upon re-entry as they tumble out of orbit.
That's all I got.