Let it Snow...

.....since I was up in the interior on the weekend this wimpy Lower Mainland snow means nuttin.....

.....I was in like -25 with the windchill and did a nice run/workout in anywhere from 6-12 inches of snow around some trails by my parent’s house in Vernon. Actually once I warmed up it was kinda fun. Running uphill in a foot of snow is brutal and the scenery was beautiful. I didn’t see a soul except for Kao who had a blast running in the snow. She wouldn’t even let me lead and instead broke the snow ahead of me. By the end though she was messed up and slept solid for the rest of the day and the next one as well.
I knew it was going to be a rough week as we visited my Mom and Pops. My Mon has been taking chemo treatments since the Fall and we haven’t been up to see her since just after she had her operation in the summer. Since we are going to San Diego for Xmas we knew we had to get up some time and this was the weekend come snow or whatever....and snow it did. I hopeful 5 hr drive turned into 6+ and I was exhausted on Fri night.
On Sunday it was so cold I just did a 40min run and hoped to get to in another 90 when we got in. Once again plans went awry as the drive was long and worse exhausting. Jules won’t drive in the snow and that means I ended up driving 4 ½ hrs and was destroyed by the time we got home. Fortunately my Monday run was a very solid 90 mins. The good part is how smooth I am feeling these days despite not being in superb shape. Hopefully once I get in some workouts and long runs I’ll lose some of my baby fat and get rolling for real.