running commentary

[waider]

We've had a bit of a cold snap here, meaning the temperature occasionally dips below freezing; combined with the wind chill and the sudden showers of hail. I've decided that discretion is the better part of not freezing to death in pursuit of a sub-23-minute 5k lap.

Comments

[mopti.livejournal.com]

Indeed. I agree that it would seem wise to take a break for a beer if it starts to hail or your legs feel cold. (Are you allowed to splice the times either side of the beer break together?)

[waider.livejournal.com]

Well, there aren't any actual rules, but if I were being competitive then I'd have to include the beer time in the tally. Which would REALLY drag my average down. Up. You get the idea.

[waidesworld.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, the cold excuse. I keep forgetting that. It's going to be close to breaking the Jan 25/26 overnight record this evening. The current record stands at zero F, yup -17.78C, tonight and we are having a visit from our Arctic friend, The Chill, this evening. Makes this mornings 21F (-6C) seem like the damned tropics.