Easy run + level 2 shred. 5:06 am, 7°F, 75% humidity, winds calm, a couple inches of powdery snow on the ground. I debated whether to run outside this morning or run on the treadmill. I decided to be hard core and run outside. I kind of like to be outside in the early morning when there's snow on the ground. It's very peaceful. I ran my 4 mile neighborhood loop twice instead of a bigger 8 mile loop because I didn't want to venture too far from home. Most of the snow fell yesterday, not overnight, and so some places were plowed with varying levels of success. About a little more than half of my run was through neighborhoods while the rest was on main roads. In the neighborhoods, I ran in the road where the cars had smashed the snow down. I think there had also been a plow through at some point yesterday, but the neighborhood roads were still snow-packed. On the main roads, the sidewalks had been plowed for the most part and so they were either relatively clear or had a thin layer of snow, depending how recently they were plowed. I wore my YakTrax and that helped. I managed to get my oven fixed on Friday, but now my refrigerator stopped working last night. Why are all of these things happening right now? Fortunately, it's wicked cold outside, so I put the food from the refrigerator in boxes and put the boxes in my garage, which is plenty cold.
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