winter finally got the best of me
For the first time this winter, yesterday I wussed out on a run because of the weather.
What’s unusual about my wussing out is it came when the weather warmed up – as opposed to all the other days/weeks/months of cold and snow I’d endured prior to yesterday.
So, if not the snow or cold, then what stopped me you ask? Well, all the snow we’ve had is now starting to melt so I ran through quite a bit of slush on Thursday. Cold, wet slush. My feet were wet and frozen by the time I got home.
Friday was warmer and slushier so all I had to look forward to was more of the same. I did not want that so…
I ditched.
As I shared with Andrew in an email, ditching yesterday’s run seemed funny to me with all the cold, snowy bitterness I’d endured up till then but I guess it just goes to show you how trying the long winter has been. Totally mentally draining.
I ran today. Nice and easy.
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Saturday February 17, 2007 @
Do you wear crampons or any other sort of “gripper” on your shoes? We had some snow and ice down here and I was slipping and sliding all over the place. Saw some joggers but it just looked as though they had normal running shoes on. I have no idea how they managed to run on ice.