Well, as it turns out that snow was going to stick.
Saturday morning it started to snow. Just a light dusting that was mostly sticking to the grass and foliage scattered across the landscape. At first I wasn't too concerned that the snow would be sticking around. Shortly after having this thought the snow picked up and was coming down in one of those thick, heavy, wet snows. And it seemed to last for a few hours at this rate. And after a few hours of what seemed like heavy snow, we were left with about 1 or 1.5 inches of snow, enough to make snowmen, or an arsenal of snowballs, but not enough to derail driving or running plans.
I made a pile of snowballs for my 3-year old to hurl at the fence.
It still feels like snow, but the forecast is for warm temperatures and clear skies for the upcoming holiday. I got two runs in this weekend, one Friday night after work with my running buddies. We met up at G's house to set off for a quick 5 mile loop, well for G and M. Since I live a mile away I use it as a warm up and get in 7 miles. M shows up at 4:30 and we all take off for the 5 miles around the lakes neighborhood. We ended up short circuiting the run, because of a bathroom need, so it ended up being a 4.3 miles for them and 6.4 for me. It was a nice run as the sun set and the temperatures dropped.
Saturday I was going to try to get out for a quick 3 miles just to grab miles, but by the time I made breakfast and started getting the 3-yo ready for basketball practice it was practically too late. My wife and her friend took off to go to a craft show and left me in charge of the two kids and the afore mentioned basketball practice. By the time we were all done with that, it was snowing pretty heavily and my desire to run had waned a touch, so, I played in the snow with my 3-yo in the afternoon instead, a good trade I think.
Sunday morning I met with my friend G at my place to tackle an 8 mile loop around the two neighborhoods. The sidewalks were mostly cleared, and the city had put ice melt on the roads and paths so the footing was nice and easy on what could have been slick road surfacs. It was a really nice run, but for some reason it left me dragging the rest of the day. I haven't felt that tired after a non-race run in a while. Spent the rest of the day cleaning up around the house, watching a bit of TV and trying to relax. When I finally got a free minute yesterday afternoon I thought about all the peeps doing Philly and wondered how they had all done. I will be looking for the RR Bloops today and tomorrow.
Today is going to be a rest day in hopes of cleaning out the brain and getting ready for a fun Thanksgiving week. Right now I am really thankful that tomorrow is the last day of the work week for me. Remember to have fun out there you guys.
Saturday morning it started to snow. Just a light dusting that was mostly sticking to the grass and foliage scattered across the landscape. At first I wasn't too concerned that the snow would be sticking around. Shortly after having this thought the snow picked up and was coming down in one of those thick, heavy, wet snows. And it seemed to last for a few hours at this rate. And after a few hours of what seemed like heavy snow, we were left with about 1 or 1.5 inches of snow, enough to make snowmen, or an arsenal of snowballs, but not enough to derail driving or running plans.
I made a pile of snowballs for my 3-year old to hurl at the fence.It still feels like snow, but the forecast is for warm temperatures and clear skies for the upcoming holiday. I got two runs in this weekend, one Friday night after work with my running buddies. We met up at G's house to set off for a quick 5 mile loop, well for G and M. Since I live a mile away I use it as a warm up and get in 7 miles. M shows up at 4:30 and we all take off for the 5 miles around the lakes neighborhood. We ended up short circuiting the run, because of a bathroom need, so it ended up being a 4.3 miles for them and 6.4 for me. It was a nice run as the sun set and the temperatures dropped.
Saturday I was going to try to get out for a quick 3 miles just to grab miles, but by the time I made breakfast and started getting the 3-yo ready for basketball practice it was practically too late. My wife and her friend took off to go to a craft show and left me in charge of the two kids and the afore mentioned basketball practice. By the time we were all done with that, it was snowing pretty heavily and my desire to run had waned a touch, so, I played in the snow with my 3-yo in the afternoon instead, a good trade I think.
Sunday morning I met with my friend G at my place to tackle an 8 mile loop around the two neighborhoods. The sidewalks were mostly cleared, and the city had put ice melt on the roads and paths so the footing was nice and easy on what could have been slick road surfacs. It was a really nice run, but for some reason it left me dragging the rest of the day. I haven't felt that tired after a non-race run in a while. Spent the rest of the day cleaning up around the house, watching a bit of TV and trying to relax. When I finally got a free minute yesterday afternoon I thought about all the peeps doing Philly and wondered how they had all done. I will be looking for the RR Bloops today and tomorrow.
Today is going to be a rest day in hopes of cleaning out the brain and getting ready for a fun Thanksgiving week. Right now I am really thankful that tomorrow is the last day of the work week for me. Remember to have fun out there you guys.
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