For the last few days this week the weather has been pretty darn cold. Me and the treadmill have become good friends again!
“feels like 11” ~ “will freeze my a$$ off, and looks dark and dismal” is pretty much what I translated that into.
So I happily traded in my morning runs outside for some hours on the treadmill. When my Friday long run came along I even got geared up to run outside, but walking to the bus stop with the kids felt frigid, so I ran on the treadmill again instead! 10 miles of TV watching was not bad. (and Fuller House has new episodes on Netflix. Yeah!)

But Sunday morning was a different story. I was going to run 6 miles either Monday or Sunday, depending on how I felt. I like to start my week out right with a run on Monday, but if I happened to wake up early on Sunday, I’d just get it done then. Just my luck – I woke up around 6:35am (thanks to a meowing kitty), and the ground was covered with inches of fresh new snow!! Our neighborhood looked like a perfect winter wonderland.
I was actually quite excited to get outside in run in the beautiful fresh powder! I even grabbed my headlamp so I was prepared.
Somehow I even managed to grab my SmartWool socks out of my drawer in the dark of my bedroom – and got to wear my Bocos (Newton trail shoes) for the first time this year. My feet were perfectly warm and cozy.
I saw no one else out running. So peaceful.
One bad thing – my decision to wear my hair out of a ponytail was not a wise one. It looked like a wild animal sleeping on the back of my head by the time I made it home. Dang it. My blowout was shot.
Another 6 miles done. Actually 6.2 because a 10K this morning sounded cooler 🙂 And here’s a cute pic from my phone… we went to a family Christmas party last night. Someone asked my son if he wanted to hold the baby. He said “sure!”. Glad to see he’s not afraid.
Hope you had a great weekend and are getting all ready for the holidays.
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Q: Did you get any snow this weekend?
Q: Do you have a different shoe for trail/snow running?
Q: Are you hosting any holiday parties at your house this year?
We JUST got snow this morning! It has totally derailed my running plans. 🙁 I don’t want to slip and fall and it has definitely coated the ground.
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This was the first real snowfall we got, which started last night. It wasn’t slippery on my run, but when I was out shopping later, I almost slid into a tree in a parking area. Scared the crap out of me! Toooooooo close. Not my beautiful car!! (I was not worried about us inside the car because we were driving very slow)
I hope you got to run sometime today, and stayed upright!!
That is scary!! Glad your car and you guys are ok. It did get warmer and melted so I was able to do 8!
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Snow looks so pretty but I usually don’t run in it. I wait till the roads are really clear, since I have to run in streets. The trails near me are too technical when they are covered, I would go flying if I couldn’t see the tree branches and dips, but i do walk them 🙂
Your trail looks pretty good, is it paved or dirt?
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That trail is a paved Rails to Trails path. It’s only a mile from my house and I can get at least 20 miles on it (out and back). Great place to do speedwork too with a flat area with no cross streets.
A technical trail would not be good for me – I would definitely face plant!!
I’m 30 and I still get nervous when someone asks if I want to hold their baby. This is why I’ll be a cat lady for life, lol.
I haven’t been running much lately and the huge snowfall has not made running outside any more enticing…but I like seeing you embrace it. Makes me think I should maybe make time for a run soon.
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Ha! Even for me it was odd to hold a baby again… and then you feel like everyone is staring at you when you hold the baby… yeah, I get it 🙂
I don’t mind cold, but when the windchill is -10 that is bitter cold and no fun to run in!