Freezing Cold Run

[frojoe23]

Had a nice one this morning with JT. I was surprised because Allegany County schools had a two-hour delay and JT still showed up to run with me. (After he was done, then they cancelled schools - at least he got his run in though).

It was a nice run in Frostburg - very windy. The clock in town said -2 on the first loop and -3 on the second. The thermometer at my parent's, which I trust more said -7. I have no idea what it was with the wind chill, but it sure was nasty on Victoria (Snob's Knob). This is one run that Dan Dewitt himself would have missed. Sorry you weren't there Dan. Within 20 minutes I had a piece of ice under my nose that I could see the entire time. When I got done, I looked at my face in the rear view mirror and was shocked to see that my entire face from my nose down was nothing but ice. No wonder my chin felt so cold. I only wish that I had a camera on me to take a picture of what I looked like. This is the closest I could come to it, but I have very little facial hair for the ice to hang onto which was amazing! www.iplayoutside.com/images/view.php?IMG_TAG=Events/2000/01/1172/redhat.jpg

[woody]

Around here it was as cold as -20 with the windchill. They colesed the highschools the past 2 days and coach skiles wanted us to run inside yesterday which really sucked haha.

[jordan]

Just to let you guys know. Today I ran in shorts and a long sleve shirt. I think it was about 53 today. Cold enough to wear gloves.

Please don't mention anything about Notre Dame.. it was bad from the start. very bad.

anyway it's so cold here I thought i would let you guys know

[Justin]

Same here Jordan, just no gloves. I actually got a little hot in my long sleeve T-shirt.

Where is the next race for you?

[jordan]

well supposed to be Washington State this weekend. but I'm just about to head to the team doctor. really bad soar throat last two days. Maybe get some anti-biotics. runing the 5000, which is going to be a disaster.

plain and simple my body is tired and needs some time.... and I'm not getting it

[frojoe23]

Looks like another cold one today. Not so bad though, should be in the upper teens, maybe low twenties. What was all the talk of global warming? It must just be a regional thing - "local warming".

Jordan and Justin, I'm so very sorry to hear that it was cold down that way. Whatever, you guys do, remember that hypothermia is serious!!! Protect all of your extremities!

Good luck this weekend Jordan. And take care of yourself!

[dan]

though i will be home this weekend, i am sorry that i missed the festivities earlier this week

it was pretty cold up in the lehigh valley too, and our coach made us do the week's primary workout inside on the track

it consisted of 8x 2 minutes at mile race pace in lanes 5 and 6 of the indoor track......i think we ended up getting almost 700 meters in for each repetition- in between we got a 400m jog, and after4 we got about 800m and a drink of water-

all told, we got about 65 laps in with the 2-3 mile warmup and (2+3)x8=40 laps for the workout alone- gross- i wanted to puke because i felt like i was violating one of the basic laws of nature by not running inside- i felt like i was in 10th grade again and they told us not to go outside because the air would burn our lungs- baloney!

see a few of you this weekend- i think i will have 10-12 on sunday because we are cutting down to about 60 miles this upcoming week as our taper for conferences on the 18-19th....talk to you soon!

ICEMAN

[Justin]

Jordan,

Hang in there buddy. Just about everyone gets some sort of bug every winter, especially college students. Take a bit of rest, but stay focused, the last 1/3 of the indoor season was always the toughest mentally for me.

Dan,

I'm surprised they had you guys inside, we'd only be inside for intervals of a certain distance, usually 1000's. For me the toughest real cold runs were the long ones, we did multiple 2-3x2mi workouts in ridiculous cold, but the toughest ones were the "double Gourley loop" it is a 16 mile run going over the mountain twice.

Jaron,

I'll make sure I take care of myself in these tough conditions. I guess I'll get mine next week when I travel to Minnesota for work.

[baldisbetter]

Frostburg at 12:30pm was 9 degrees with a wind... Clear sky, sunny.... Actually, great day to run except for the wind. Although, I feel kinda of beat up... But I think that is because of the water tower run on sunday.... Thanks Jaron

[frojoe23]

Awesome run this morning. JT was a no-show. It was very windy in Frostburg, more so than the last two days, but the good news is that it was 10 degrees warmer than Tuesday morning, which means it was 3 degrees. Finished with some numb ears and my fingers still feel a little cold. Oh, well ...at least it will be warmer for this afternoon's run!

[baldisbetter]

Hey Jaron -- who was the bald dude in the white state gov car that heckle ya yesterday on the run up by the highway. I was heading to FSU's Hagertown Ctr to teach. How did ya like that Caviler (state car) Only has 138,000 miles on it. Felt really, safe considering I have to travel back after 10 pm when its -5 degrees.

[frojoe23]

I thought that was you. I wasn't sure because of the State Tags. But I actually did get heckled like two minutes before I saw you. I had just topped the hill past Burger King and some guy in a green Ford Festiva decided to yell at me - scared the crap out of me!!! I wasn't a fun run at all, up 36 and then down Hoffman (where I about got nailed by a car because the dude was trying to light a cigar), then up and around Snob's Knob before heading up by Frost and onto Crestview - it was hilly and the wind would not let up, but this is what supposedly makes you tough - too bad sitting in a jacuzzi with a couple of hot blondes won't make you a tough runner!