Colorado’s sudden October snowstorm is putting a damper on my exercise routine. I was planning to swim at Master’s swim for the first time in a month, but that plan was quickly dashed because I woke up every hour last night. There were three separate power outages in my area (the backup batteries for the downstairs servers beeped their protest noise), my daughter incessantly blew her congested nose, and Kirby got all excited about the snow at 2:45 and wanted to sniff the backyard. After all was said and done, I was just too tired to deal with the pain of getting to the pool by 5:45 for an hour swim.
The kids have a snow day today and possibly tomorrow as well. Snow is supposed to keep coming for another 24 hours. I think we have about twelve inches already. I would consider running right now with my YakTrax, except I loathe leaving my 7 and 9 year old kids by themselves in this weather. What if I take a spill and can’t get home right away? That just seems negligent.
Looking forward to tomorrow: my Thursday morning running partner has already canceled plans for tomorrow’s 5:30 AM run, as tomorrow doesn’t look any better. However, if Bill is home in the morning I may consider a winter-wonderland run in the powder, just for kicks.
With snow and blizzard weather upon us, I have to wonder; what do YOU do when it gets crappy out? Do you suck it up and deal with the wind and ice in your face, do you head to the gym, or do you wait a few days and enjoy the rest?
Here’s a few pics taken from my driveway at about 1 pm Wednesday. If this keeps up I’ll post a few more!
Man, I don’t know what I’d do in “crappy” weather like that when it came time to run. I didn’t run when I lived where it snowed. But when it gets crappy here (which typically means 70+mph winds) I hit the treadmill. Can’t strap on something like YakTrax to keep me upright in those gusts!