With the new snow we got last night, and the fact that the sidewalks are never cleared, I decided to finally put studs in my ("old") shoes. My husband said last winter he'd do it for me, and he still hadn't...so I went to Home Depot, spent $1.91 on 3/8" sheetmetal screws with hex heads (that's with the military discount) and then came home and coincidentally found said hubby's cordless drill with a super thin bit in it - and used that for pilot holes. I put three on each side of the forefoot, and two on each side of the heel. They were a major pain in the ass to screw in, but after about 30 minutes I got it and they look great. And work great. I just got back from a wonderful 5.7 mile run (I gave up on the last .3 because it was more and more and more uphill back to the house, and I haven't run in several weeks, so eh).
I ran on the trail to Sheridan. The trail was great! Had a 50% response to the "hi"s, and there were several pups, including two labs - a yellow and a chocolate (they were of the same family and very beautiful and well-mannered), and one Aussie-looking young'n who I was dying to pet. There were also a couple shepherd-mixes, and a purebred Shepherd with sunglasses. I wanted to ask what was up with that.
When I set out, it was 10*, and a little after 1 PM. When I finished, it was a little warmer. I was wearing my UA compression tights, the new Storm Gear grey pants that I bought with the Dick's gift card Joey gave me for Christmas, my Thorlo running socks with King Soopers bags over them, then tied around my ankle and over the running pants; on top I had the Columbia sleeveless white warm/cool top Mom got me for Christmas, plus the UA long sleeve grey-ish v-neck warm top, with the new grey/pink UA Storm Gear hoodie (=sweat), plus the white Alabama windbreaker over that. I also wore my green neck gator, and my Carhart hat with the face muffle. I didn't wear the stuff over my face past about mile 2.
I was super comfy, and definitely warm enough.
On the way home, there's a blue 4 bedroom house across from the middle school, on the east side of Pierce. A guy was out shoveling, and we exchanged a few words (started with "how're you doing?" and me thanking him for shoveling, because so many people don't). Turns out, he's a Vietnam vet, and we talked about the city of Westminster (related to shoveling, etc.), and then guns. I had to go, to get back home to the dogs and to figure out if I was going to go out to the Crawl Space to meet everyone, but I hope to run into him again soon. It's nice to know there's someone like that so close. I think his name is Lauren (Loren?) Brown. Chris would love talking with him, I'm nearly certain. He (Mr. Brown) mentioned that he wouldn't recognize me if he saw me again, since I was all bundled up.
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