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January 10, 2007
Brrrr......... Chilly weather is here!
Baby it's cold outside!
However, Mark just said it's not really cold.. it just feels cold!
Yeah, it's cold, the temperature was 14 degrees for my run today. That is a 30 degree difference from the average temperature of all of my runs in the last two months. That to me is CHILLY!
I did two runs today. The first was much colder than the second mainly because I was not prepared for the 14 degree weather and 0 degree wind chill factor that swept in today. I was deceived by the sunlight that was shining as I left for my first run at 1 p.m. today. We have finals this week so I have time in the afternoon to go for a run in between grading. I met up with two former athletes who are both on the ski team at the moment at their respective colleges. We ran an 8 mile course that is uphill for the first half and downhill for the second half. We ran a very easy pace since neither of them has been running much. Although, one of the girls just qualified for the World Cup Ski Championships in Italy so she is very fit. She is a great sprinter, and that is the area she qualified. The second half of the run I was so cold, my ears and arms were frozen. I had two layers on but it was not enough. It was good to catch up with the girls but I felt like the old lady in the crowd since they were gossiping a lot about college issues and made a lot of comments to each other such as I'll fill you in later.
I did another run two hours later and remained cold until I got about two miles into this run. My hands never fully warmed up even though I changed my clothes and had sweats on. I did not want to shower because then I would never want to head outside again. I met a coworker for a run, Katy. We did the Fitzgerald, six mile loop. My quad was very sore for the first three miles and I had to stop twice to stretch. I hate stopping but sometimes it helps a lot. The second half I felt great and felt like I could have run a lot longer. I was much better prepared for this run. I had four layers on my top layer, very warm ski gloves, and an especially warm hat that keeps my ears warm. I probably looked really funny running with all of those layers but I sure did feel comfortable and never really felt cold. Although, by the end of my run my eyes were glazed with snow and ice. Winter has finally arrived! Time for some hot cocoa and some grading of final exams!
Posted by mary at January 10, 2007 6:08 PM
Comments
... there something to be said this time of year, as cold-country runners descriptions become graphically survivalist :-) "...eyes glazed with snow and ice..." reminds me of some brutal winter runs in Montreal, where my father lives... when the choice was to wear a neoprene face mask or vaseline, or indeed the neoprene mask OVER a thick coating of vaseline... and my hair over the neck, sticking out of my wool hat, with chunks of frozen sweat like beads on primitive jewelry...
Posted by: corrado giambalvo at January 11, 2007 5:42 AM