My husband, Mom, Dad and I, along with David's girlfriend spent all day yesterday at David's Nordic ski meet. It was so cold that the start of the race was delayed an hour in hopes of getting a temperature closer to zero. I'm not sure what the actual temperature was during the day, but the coldest we registered on the car thermometer on the way there was -24F. Yikes, that's cold! When I returned to work today, people asked if we were cold at the meet. Yes and no. David and his team raced extremely well. When things are going well, the cold doesn't matter nearly so much. In the event things were going poorly for the skiers, we'd have been quite miserable. The team was Section champions and will race next week at the State meet in Biwabik, MN. Hopefully, the weather will be calm and warmer than yesterday. It was David's birthday yesterday, too. What a great birthday...playing hooky from school for a race and qualifying for the State meet. I think this is how all of us fans felt on the way home! After so much cold weather fun yesterday, I was delighted to wake up to a temperature of zero with no wind. That sounded downright balmy! Wrong!!! In the spirit of a true Minnesotan, I dressed a little lighter than I had been the past few days since it was now warmer. A smarter thought may have been to wear the SAME amount of clothing I had been and now be toasty instead of chilly.
This morning's run consisted to a warmup mile and six bursts of one minute at a speedy pace followed by one minute of a resting pace. Then we ran about another four miles at a steady rate. It was a nice run, but I must remind myself that zero is not quite summer :-) Do you have a temperature limit for outdoor activities? If it's too cold, do you cross train or rest? I saw that Stephanie enjoys her treadmill walks. I have Charlie to walk with me, so we go outdoors whenever possible. Here we are on a recent running day...Happy running--Missee
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Stephanie
2/10/2018 07:13:27 pm
The photo of D with the grandparents is awesome! We also like your photo with Charlie. It looks like Charlie poses for pictures.🐶🙍🏻♀️
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AuthorMissee and Stephanie are two Minnesota sisters and moms who love to run. We are not experts in running, parenting or anything else, but we do have years of experiences that may be helpful or entertaining to others. Archives
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