1.55 miles in 13:10

it is so cold out there today. how cold cold is it? you ask. it's so cold...hey! was that a yeti?

i woke up around 5:30 and laid around in bed for awhile. it was so warm. i finally drug myself out from under the covers around ten till six and got partially dressed. before i put on the really warm stuff, i mixed up some baked oatmeal and put it in the oven. i figured i'd have plenty of time to run in the 35-40 minutes it takes to bake. i figured right.

oh, i forgot to tell you, it was 0.9 degrees out. that's cold, but not as cold as it could be. i started out planning to run my scotty dog route. i ran the first half of it with no problems. if i ran in the snow, i had no traction problems. finding snow to run in was the problem. i mostly ran at the edges of the streets. there was too much ice in the middle.

when i got down to the south end of the scotty dog, i was still planning to make his legs and finish him off, but i was distracted by the railroad crossing arms. they were down and the lights were flashing and the bells dinging and there was no train. i kept looking around. no bright lights coming down the tracks. the strangeness of the situation kept me occupied until i was past the turn that makes scotty's legs. "i guess he can be legless today," i thought. i ran on and then made my second mistake. i turned to to the east too soon. so now i have a nebulous blob.

must've been the cold messnig with my brain. it was 0.4 degrees out when i got back after all.