01-17

By: blodgettrunner Mood: refreshed Date: 09/06/3666 12:00:57 Music: None

I had to write about this, since it was so epic: I woke up this morning at 400, and decided to do something awesome; weather.com presented me with the answer. It is currently 17 below zero WITHOUT windchill, 40 below WITH. These are probably the coldest temperatures I am going to run in for a long time. That's top of everest cold. So I did 30 minutes, covering 3.5 miles, and learned one thing: nothing really sucks if you've got the gear for it. When I had my polartech hat on and a full-face neoprene, I was fine, but when i took off my goggles (because they had fogged up) and blinked, my eyelashes froze together. That's cold. (and not unfamiliar with cold-weather athletes is the "holy crap my snot is frozen" feeling, which actually comes from your snot being frozen.)

Also, as a sidenote, I'd like to advocate the double-baselayer technique: when not windy, I wear a light wicking baselayer under a heavy wicking baselayer under some fleece. That works perfectly. When windy, add a windproof shell. Later today I'll do another blog about the rest of my workouts.