April Showers Puddle Runs

[OakLeaf]

Keeping my fingers crossed for NO showers on April 15!!! I've got a streak of good weather going so the law of averages is not in my favor.

Tapering ....

[Crankin]

Well, the forecast for the day before is partly sunny and 57 degrees.
The Patriot's Day hoopla is gearing up. Lots of promo for the marathon. Deciding if I'm going to march in the parade while you're running . I guess I could still march with the military family group, under the guise of mother of a veteran.
The weather people keep saying the "tide has turned," i.e. no more snow or freezing weather, although it is supposed to get down in the 30s and 40s next week, mid week, but only for a couple of days.

[skhill]

Skipped Thursday's run, and only managed 2 miles today, thanks to the sudden arrival of spring allergies. But I'm racing tomorrow anyway; gonna do drugs, as much as I would rather not. It's a cross country 8k, and I've never raced that distance, so it's a guaranteed pr. Seems a good thing to give myself for my birthday! Just praying there aren't many maple or oak trees out there (but there surely will be, alas). Beautiful spring weather here too, a little cooler than usual, with just enough breeze to send the pollen flying...

[skhill]

Well, no PR in today's race. Instead, it was my first DNF. It was hard to run with a respiratory tract full of phlegm. Oh well. Bailed at 4k, at a respectable 22:54, all things considered, but that was enough. If I hadn't preregistered, I probably wouldn't have even tried.

[Crankin]

I went on a trail run today; the last time I ran (same trail) was the first week in February, before I got bronchitis. I run even slower on the trail than the road and there's some water bars in the beginning I have to walk/jump over, but I ran pretty much the rest until I got to the steepest part of the 25% grade up to my street. It's about 4 miles total out and back, but that includes the half mile I walk down the street to catch the trail and the 1/8 of a mile from the end of the trail to my house (I actually ran down the dirt on the side of the street here, until I got to my driveway).
Beautiful day, didn't see a soul and I was glad I was not on my bike since the wind was gusting up to 35 mph.

[nuliajuk]

If only we had showers.
It snowed again last night, just enough to lightly coat the ice and hide it from view, not enough to completely cover it and make it less slippery. I've enjoyed the skiing, but I'm done with winter!!!

[skhill]

It's warm, at last! And the pollen has either decreased or I've adjusted somewhat. So I got out for a very nice run this morning. Just over 5 miles, at an 8:30 pace. Part of that speed came from nearly getting hit by a driver making an illegal turn. There's no left turn permitted at that intersection and the driver wasn't using a turn signal so I was taken by complete surprise. With the adrenalin flowing the next mile or so was extremely fast!