Looks Like Winter is Back

AM: 4 miles
PM: 8 miles

Jordan was off work today so we enjoyed a relaxing morning at Winans sipping cafe au lait and perusing the internet. Around 11am it dawned on me that I needed to put in two runs today, as my travel plans tomorrow will make doubling impossible. Oops. So we hit up the GT for our "morning" run just before noon. Sometime yesterday afternoon the wind shifted and a cold front blew in, meaning that while 24 hours ago we were wearing shorts and tees, today we were bundled up in as many layers as we could find. Sucks.

To fill the few hours separating our runs, we took a field trip to the downtown laundromat. Jordan has been content over the past few months to wash his clothes in the sink, eschewing conventional methods like a washer and dryer. Add that to the list of "conventional" items he is currently doing without. At any rate, the laundromat was pretty sketchy but it got the job done, both in terms of cleaning our garments and passing the time. Jordan even got to play a game of Pac Man on an old school arcade machine. It was fun for the whole family.

After returning home, Jordan fielded a call from our new friend Dwight. He was game for a run and we opted for Sutton Woods in hopes of shielding ourselves from the wind. The run there was pretty brutal as we faced the gale force gusts head on, but once we were on the protected trails things weren't bad. My legs are definitely tired and I'm glad I have a few more easy days prior to Gate River.