One of the all time worst weather runs this morning! I got up and out the door about 7:00am. I had most of the day off for end of quarter grading. The plan was to get 14 miles in before practice with the kids. I ran up around Butterfield Park, down 6400 W and on to Main. Going west on Main was windy, but the weather was nice to this point and I took the gloves off and wondered if I was overdressed with my long sleeved shirt on. At about 5 miles it started to hail on me, and I got pelted good for over a mile before I turned North. As I turned on Bacchus the wind picked up and it started to rain like crazy! I was soaked in a couple of minutes. Not only was I frozen, but I needed to go potty and had no paper. As I turned off of Bacchus onto 11800 S knew I would never make it down to the high school. Lucky for me I saw a Kennecott trailer with a honey bucket and went potty. Thank goodness! The wind and snow picked up this time and I thought the honey bucket was going to blow away with me in it, because it started to tip several times! I got out and headed for my school. The wind and snow were hitting me so fast and hard that everything was freezing. I was getting a brain freeze, and was getting blown all over too. I made it to the HS and called Haag to send him to cancel practice. I was going to wait for a ride, but started to get really cold and I really wanted 15 miles not 11. I went back out and fought the 40 mile an hour head wind and snow for over a mile to Main. When I turned on Main the snow started to stop, but the wind kept up. I fought the wind all the way home. I was so frozen and soaked that I sat in the shower for over 20 minutes to get warm. It was crazy! Allison went looking for me, but could never find me I guess. Not sure I would have quit at that point anyway, I mean I left the school in a flat out blizzard! Proud of myself for finishing and doing it in 7:31 pace for the run. I hope I never do it again though! | 