People are talking about the change in the weather… yeah, I am gonna blog about the weather. It’s cold. On Saturday, I ran a PR 5K under sunny skies and 70 degree temps. It was great. Sunday was equally beautiful and my husband and I made plans to hike the Incline the following morning since he had taken the day off.
Of course Monday, we woke up to cloudy skies, drizzle and temps in the upper 30s. No problem, I thought… I’ve done a 20 miler in the snow, what’s a little rain? I prepared my crock-pot for an unexpectedly appropriate harvest stew for dinner, and sat down to chill for a minute with my oatmeal and coffee. Sipping my coffee, I logged onto Facebook and all my Colorado friends were talking about the weather… status updates regarding the cold, the rain and the snow … snow? Ugh – I wasn’t ready for that one. We still set out for our hike anticipating a little rain, maybe some light flurries… as you can see from some of our photos, we encountered a bit more than that:
See we’re diehards… or nuts – or just plain stubborn…I wasn’t ready for this so soon. Getting out of my sweat pants and out the door is hard for me when it’s cold and gray. Usually, once I am warmed up and running, the runs are pretty fantastic – to be honest, better than when it’s too hot. Monday’s Incline hike was fun… we had the mountain to ourselves… it was so quiet, and admittedly, the premature snow was picturesque… the hot shower, soup after the work out were so satisfying…felt earned.
an awesome lunch at Wooglins after the snowy Incline
I totally will myself not to be a couch potato during the winter days… but it is a big challenge for me on those bitter cold, cloudy days. I stayed motivated during this past spring (a pretty snowy one) by training for a marathon (remember snow storm 20 miler). On the worst of days, I reluctantly climbed onto a treadmill. But it wasn’t easy…at all. Fortunately, this is Colorado and the weekend promises warmer temps and sunny skies. .. as for motivation this winter, I will continue to run and put some more races on the schedule .
The full marathon is on my mind .- but I am still having an internal debate on that decision. I sit totally on the fence – in fact, that is a story for another day… stay tuned.
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