There are times that I have shown a complete late of judgment, wisdom free as it were. This morning may have bordered on one of these times. I did not have to go in until 11:00 today as the project I am working on has a bit of an ebb. I decided that I should go for a run this morning rather than just go into work to stare at my co-workers. So I woke up this morning and it said the wind chill was -5. I thought, hmm sounds cold but I can do that. I mean I did spend a lot of time in my life living in cold weather.
So I went out with the intention of 4 to 5 miles. Well it was very cold. My torso, legs and feet were fine. I say thanks to Brooks for their fine cold weather apparel that I thought to buy a few weeks back. However, my hands did not fare as well. The running gloves I have are really shells and I needed more. After a quarter mile I pulled my fingers out of the fingers and made fists in the palm of the glove. This was fine. The good news was that after 2 miles I didn’t need to do that any longer. The wind was a nasty son of a gun that is for certain.
A few cold weather things happened along the way. First my water bottle froze. The tube froze solid and I had to really put some force on it to pry it out. The water itself froze near the neck where it was exposed to the wind. It was chilly, brrrr. The second thing that happened was that the moisture from my body froze on my mp3 player cords, just frozen solid. Finally, after a couple of miles I took my hat off and when I did the sweat was exposed to the elements and it froze in my hair.
In the end I did run 4.15 miles. I will admit today that I am some times too long on determination and too short on good sense. But I accept that about myself.
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8 comments:
I can't decide whether you're my hero or just a sicko.
Coin flip I guess.
Nice run. (Brrrrrr.)
I think the later is more applicable.
Takes a big man to admit he can be short on wisdom occasionally. As long as you learn a little something it's not that big of deal, right? :D (if I could just tell myself that.)
Wow, to say "good for you" is really an understatement. Who cares about common sense? (until you get frostbite or lose a toe :) The fact is you ran in those conditions and lived to tell about it.
good sense? whatev.
*that* was the dedication of an athlete. as always, with a little dash of crazy.
good for you!
Well I still have all my fingers and toes. The sad thing is that I would do it again. I think I have a touch of the crazy that IMAble was referring to. Oh well, common sense is over rated.
Doesn't it feel great to brave the elements and get in a good run. Not only are you out running but you are doing it under less than ideal conditions...awesome!
If it gets below 10 degrees, I say no way!
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