Wo! I feel good! Na, na, na, na, na, na, na! (Think James Brown, he can sing it much better than I can write it!) This morning the weather here looked mighty intimidating! There were 3-4 inches of snow on the roads and more kept falling. When I called Beth she wasn't interested in getting out. I decided to write my weekly email to my missionary son and see what things looked like after that. When I was done I looked out the window and the snow had stopped and I could see the main road east of us had been plowed. So I called Beth back to see if she would like to rethink things. She was excited to join me. We went 4 miles together. It started getting crazy again. When I dropped her off I decided I might as well keep going and get my long run in since I have no idea what the rest of the week will be like. It got quite miserable during some parts of the run. I had several "you're crazy" looks and even one guy who pulled up on his four wheeler next to me to ask me if I was aware that it is winter. I didn't care about time today, mostly just wanted to get the distance in. I did check my garmin when I got home and found that after dropping Beth off my times were between 10:34 and 10:52. I felt mostly comfortable at that pace except for the weather and road conditions sometimes. I know tomorrow is going to be hard for me to find a time to get a run in. The only time I have is dark, cold, early hours. If the weather is miserable, I'm staying in bed. Now with the long run in today, maybe if that happens I won't have to feel so guilty. I did a little survey today while I played "dodge puddle" and "dodge car". I found that most men drivers will scoot over, but hardly ever slow down for me. Most women drivers slow down, but don't give me much room. Some of both do both, (slow down and scoot over), blessings in heaven for them. Some of both do neither, (they will have to deal with their just reward). My favorites are probably the farmer guys. Usually a little older, always very courteous and with a big smile and wave! I also had two policemen who passed. They were both very courteous drivers, but only one gave a smile and a wave. | 
