Monday, November 7, 2011

Mother Nature is cruel

So I'm now just realizing how much I'm not ready or prepared for the winter. In the past few days I've shoveled my driveway clear of 6 inches of snow, just to wake up in the morning to the realization that Mother Nature dumped an additional 6 inches of snow on my driveway. And everyone else's driveway. I'm not THAT special. So I get home from work; shoveling begins again. This is a lot of work. And it's only NOVEMBER 7TH.

So here I sit. It's 8 pm. I just finished shoveling. Did I mention my driveway is reaaaaallllly long? And I still need to lace up my sneaks and go for a run....yeah...did I also mention how amazing a bubble bath sounds right now?

Night running is now my only option. The sun doesn't rise until 8:45 am and just a few short hours later it starts setting at 4:30 pm. Morning runs, night runs, doesn't matter. It's going to be dark. And cold. I'm jealous of all of you who are experiencing temps in the 30s and 40s. My current temp is 20 degrees with a "feels like" 9 degrees.

Meh. It is what it is. I'll wrap in layers tonight, strap on my headlamp, and outfit the kicks in chains. A night-runnin' I go...for the next 7 months. Hmph.

Did I also mention that I think I moved to the wrong state? hahaha. I crack myself up sometimes. Alaskans are masochists.
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  1. TNTcoach KenNovember 8, 2011 at 6:21 AM

    That just CRAZY!

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  2. AmberNovember 8, 2011 at 10:39 AM

    I grew up in northern British Columbia, Canada - while not as brutal as Alaska I *kind of* know where you're coming from!

    I am still getting a bit of light right at the END of my morning runs thanks to DST, but I know that will be gone in a few short weeks too :(

    Are lunchtime runs an option for you? I think that's the only way I'm going to be able to run in the daylight for the next few months!

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