Ha, Ha...got your attention, didn't I? I had a long run planned for Saturday morning. When I woke up and checked the weather app, I was dismayed to find the current conditions to be -8 degrees with -13 windchill. Yuck! It was the last weekend in February and STILL sub zero. I took Charlie out to do his business before meeting up with a friend to run. It was then that I noticed that the battery indicator on my Garmin was at 5%. Strike 2 for the Saturday run. Since my friend often leaves the time/distance keeping to me, I ran back inside and grabbed my phone and stuck it in my pocket so I'd at least know what time we finished and could kind of guess back on the pace. I took note of the time when we started running knowing that at some point during the run, my watch would inevitably give up the ghost.
My watch lasted almost one mile before the screen went black. Not to worry because I knew what time we'd left the neighborhood. The run really was enjoyable and low stress with no mile beeps. Since we'd had some snow on Friday, the corners were a little like mountain climbing, but no worries. Maybe more like molehills than mountains. The cold wasn't too bothersome either. After what we estimated to be around 11 miles, we headed home satisfied that we'd run a quality training run. I grabbed my phone to check on our time and guess what? Of course my phone had also died due to the cold. I should have paid more attention to Stephanie's post about her phone not liking the cold. Runners often refer to running completely without electronics to "running naked." I had unintentionally gone out for a long run in sub zero weather naked...and it was still good! Fortunately, I pay better attention to my watch battery before races so I don't end up guessing how my race is going. I'll also be "watching" it closer prior to my long runs or any speed workouts that require paces my watch can help me. The weather is improving and the days getting longer, so the cold will also become less of a factor on the electronics. I hope you are enjoying some sunshine this week! Happy running--Missee
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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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