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April 19, 2007
Fantastic Body, Nasty-tastic Weather
When I went home from my night shift at 6 a.m. this morning, there was about 3 inches of new snow on the ground. I felt confident that, by the time I woke up from sleeping, the snow would be melted. After all, that's what happens with these freak shoulder-season snowstorms in the Rocky Mountains, right? When I did wake up at about 1 p.m. and looked outside, I was shocked to see that, not only hadn't the snow melted, but more had fallen, and it was still snowing. The weather was positively nasty-tastic.
I nearly took personal offense at the powers-that-be for providing such awful weather on April 19th. I certainly waited as long as possible to wander out for a run in the snow. Seriously, AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. I have a To Do List on my fridge that's currently 17 items long and filled with little projects for "rainy days." I guess this snowy day counted, and I managed to cross 2 tasks off the list before I went out for a run. Perhaps that speaks for itself my motivation level for running in the snow.
In any case, I finally wandered out there in winter clothing, hat, gloves, the whole works. I was prepared for the worst. From my house, it is immediately uphill and this initial uphill is always a good gauge for how the rest of the run is going to feel physically. It was smooth sailing up the hill and for the duration of the run. I felt great! I would even wager to say that I felt fantastic. I danced along my neighborhood trails, softly padding through a few inches of wet white stuff. Big heavy snowflakes alternated with little heavy snowflakes falling from the sky for the 90 minutes I was out there. However, I could have cared less because my body was a happy, happy runner.
I'd be hard pressed to say that I'd run in snow every day to feel that good while running. However, I'd be happy to run in snow again at least tomorrow if I felt as good as I did today. Bring on the white stuff!
Posted by Meghan at April 19, 2007 10:18 PM
Comments
Yeah. Two weeks ago I declared one run my "last run in winter clothing." Yeah. Not so much...
Posted by: Audrey at April 20, 2007 5:56 AM
I've been running in shorts lately - even though the temps are 35-45. For some reason that's cold in the winter, but now that it's spring it feels much warmer! I love running through the snow - it's great you felt so good and had the snowy day to sail through.
Posted by: backofpack at April 20, 2007 7:35 AM
Sounds so wonderful! Makes me wish to join in:)
Posted by: olga at April 20, 2007 10:46 AM
All these women out there that hate their bodies and criticize themselves and hate what they see...isn't it nice to be able to stand up straight and feel strong and lean and powerful and say to the world, "I have a FANTASTIC body!"
Posted by: chelle at April 20, 2007 12:43 PM
I have to say I'm a little afraid I've gotten used to flowers in February. Montana Mom sent me photos of the snow as well and I thought, hmmm, am I ready for this again? But your description of turning it around was awesome: I'll have to remember to cop your 'tude, girl, next Spring. Have a nasty-tastic weekend!
Posted by: K Borg at April 20, 2007 12:52 PM
I don't think Nasty-tastic is a word. In fact, I checked and it's not even in Wikipedia. You now have a moral and social responsibility to post this new word/descriptive on Wikipedia.
You are a free-spirited snow runner and maker-upper of interesting descriptive meteorological phenomena.
Your run sounded wonderful. It's good to hear that your body is starting to recover from what ever ailed it. Have a great weekend!
Posted by: Eric at April 20, 2007 5:12 PM
Glad to hear your body felt so good today! That is awesome! Crazy about the snow! That is how I felt last week when we had snow in VT! Hope your body continues to feel good!
Posted by: mary at April 20, 2007 7:45 PM