Dear Weather Gods...
Friday, February 29, 2008
To whom it may concern up there:
When I said that I "loved winter running" I did not have in mind the following:
- Inches and inches of sugar-snow mixed with sand so as to make running in Madison akin to running on a beach, just without the waves, soft breeze, or balmy temperatures;
- Paths along roads that look like sidewalks, and act like sidewalks, and seemingly used to be sidewalks, but that have somehow been transformed into 3' x 4-mile ice rinks;
- Temperatures so cold that my Vizslas have actually refused to venture outside;
- An outdoor landscape where even the middle of the road isn't a safe place to run, given the ice-packed medians, and whole side streets that look more like bobsled tracks for cars;
- Rain, then snow, then rain...all in the same day;
- More of that scheduled for Sunday.
And if you think I'm whining, I'm not. I have company. Here, here, and here. And I'm sure elsewhere, too.
And I know we chose to live here and all of that -- blah blah blah-- but this has passed the point of ridiculousness. So please make it stop. Now.
Thanks, Erin
Posted by Erin 11:00 AM
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(He said facetiously. As you pointed out, I am so with you girl. I am seriously losing my mind here. This is like Shawshank Redemption, only without the Redemption. Or Rita Hayworth.)
-- I am Whinning...
-- I do not chose to live here, but I was born here...
-- There are no roads, paths instead we drive on pot holes surrounded by ice topped with snow.
That being said -- 38 today with sun, 30's and 40's this weekend -- let the melt begin.
Have a nice weekend...
This is getting ridiculous. And we need to get out for a run very, very soon!