OK, so maybe not. Just because I ran in the snow, wind coming from the north at 17 mph and a temperature of 25, does not make me hardc0re. But I think it does make me a little certifiable. :-) (The picture's blurry cause of the falling snow and while it was in my pocket during the run, it was getting warm and fogging up a bit when I brought it out in the cold.)I got home last night from the bar at 12:30a. The roads were horrible. But I was pretty sure that the run was going to go on anyway. So I set my alarm for 6:00a. Was out of bed by 6:15a and got dressed in my bathroom (smallest place that could heat up fast). I looked at my Garmin and it only had 32% battery life yet so I decided to hook it up to the charger while I was getting dressed. Well, I went and left without it. A half mile or so, I realised that and turned around to go back & get it. Luckily, it didn't make me late.
I found out where the place was by following another person there (that I actually didn't know was going until he turned into the park). Got out and one guy, Dennis, remembered me. There were 2 other women and another man in the group. Dennis helped me put on my YakTrax and a few minutes later, away we all went.
We started out really slow, 1st mile was 11:14 but that was fine since I wasn't sure of my footing and my YakTrax. But the wind was fierce. We were heading east and the wind was from the north. The snow was still falling too and coming in sideways. Cutting into my eyes pretty strong. A snow plow went by us and we said that he probably thought we were crazy. We also watched one woman try to get out of her uphill driveway. When she made it, I threw my hands up in a victory sign and when she drove by us, she smiled and waved.
At 2.5 we stopped for Gatorade. One woman's husband tailed us in his SUV. That was pretty cool. Making sure we were alright, not falling or injured and then gave us a supply of drinks. When we stopped, I didn't have my Garmin set so that it would stop the time when I stopped. So it just kept on ticking while we were waiting. But it was very hard to get going again. I was using the SUV for a shield and to get back out into the snow & wind was pretty harsh.
At 3 miles we turned around and Dennis and I got ahead of the group. At mile 4, my YakTrax started to hurt my feet. Like the balls and then my arch too. Not a good feeling. I complained at 4.66 miles. But I sucked it up to keep them on til the end.
We ended and waited for the other three to come on in. They were all going to Panera to have coffee but I was thinking of heading north for some skiing. But one of the women said that the Winter Advisory was supposed to be cancelled at 6a had been extended until 1pm. So after hearing that and knowing how the roads were this morning, I decided against the trip north. Maybe tomorrow.
When I got home, I took off my jacket & fleece and my shirt was so wet that I got cold just standing around. My jogging pants were all wet too. I think that was mainly from the snow. After my shower, I laid everything out and took a picture of it for documentation. My core warmed up pretty fast but I was still glad I had on 3 layers. My feet had 2 socks on, my hands had 2 pairs of gloves on. My pants only had the UnderArmour cold weather tights and my jogging pants but I was fine there. I was wearing my new head face mask and a fleece hat. Grateful, I remembered my fleece hat when I got home last night (I laid everything out beforehand). But it was my hands that caused me the most grief right away. My hands were cold because I had my gloves off to put my YakTrax on. When I finally put them on, they were cold; too cold to warm themselves up. My left hand was fine surprising but it was my right hand, fingers, palm and all, that I had to make into a fist inside my glove to try to warm them up. Thumb inside and outside trying to figure out the best way. Finally around mile 3, I didn't feel the stingy pain of them anymore. They're always pretty bad; home, office, driving, doesn't matter.But for now, I'm just happy that I was able to accomplish my first winter running experience. It's still snowing out now and I think I'm gonna get a hot cup of cocoa and watch some TV and do some laundry.
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