Definitions

"Something utterly foolish or unreasonable" is one of the definitions for 'insanity'. I am pretty sure that a couple of drivers were thinking that when they saw Tom (see - mentioned your name again!) Bryan, Jill and I running this morning. I know for sure that my husband did. I actually think the definition for crazy is more appropriate: "distracted with desire or excitement". We were so distracted by the excitement of running that we were utterly foolish and unreasonable and went running when the temperature was -14 without wind chill! My car thermometer actually read -19. How cold was it? My Garmin actually froze.

I am sure there are the skeptical out there. So to prove we ran, we had Christy take a picture of us!

By the way, Jill and I ran 7.5 miles. Tom and Bryan ran 20 minutes longer.

Welcome!

Sheri joined us this morning! Way to go! Especially when it was so cold! We are looking forward to many more runs with you!

It actually wasn't too bad this morning. No wind which helped a lot. Plus the roads were plowed well, so it wasn't like running in sand. The hard part was trying to talk over the loud squeaking of the snow!

Stretching Study. If you are interested in helping the world of science for the benefit of all us runners. Check out the Stretching Study I found on the USATF website (where I plot out new routes!)

The humor part of my brain is still defrosting.....

My readership has expanded!

Yes, that is right folks! Someone who does not live in our wonderful community nor in the state actually read this little ole blog! Crossn81 who is from Indiana let me know that the Twin Cities Marathon registration opens on April 18Th and the race is October 5. Thanks for the information fellow blogger!

I don't know how my fellow runners will be able to run along side my big head after this!

I enjoyed a nice NIGHT run with Jill, Amy and Dave. I thought more runners would be at running club, especially considering the weather that is on the horizon. Maybe Sheri let them know I was coming and everyone made other plans! It was nice to catch up with Amy and Dave. Having gone to the early rising group, I don't get to enjoy Dave's humor any more!

I decided to extend my run so I would get a long one in before the weather. So, I ran another 40 minutes - covering 10 miles. Slow, but considering the light dusting of snow, that was fine. I forgot how enjoyable it can be to run with some good tunes, especially ones from the 80's. "I wear my sunglasses at my night" shuffled through which was very fun - until I started to realized that the lyric "I wear my sunglasses at night" is pretty much the only thing he sings the whole song! I guess when you are a teenager you don't really care! I was somewhat bummed when my Ipod ran out of juice just at the beginning of Rock Lobster. Luckily the end of my run was near!

Well - Jill was demanding that I send out an e-mail about Saturday run - so I better get on it!