Frozen eyebrows and snot icicles. 13 miles.
warning: I apologize, in advance, for the bitch fest that is about to take place.
The difference is, they weren't frozen by choice.
Stats
- 13 miles of pure agony.
- 2 hours 24 minutes 00 seconds (Doesn’t count the # of minutes I spent peeing and thawing)
- # of beeps from jerk face cars: 1
- # of times I flipped the bird: My fingers were frozen.
- # of CVS clerks who looked at me like I should be directed to the nearest mental facility: 3
- Number of times I cried: 1 (continuously for the last 2 miles. and the tears froze down my face.)
- Did I mention my fingers were frozen?
The Run
There was a point about 6 miles in that I realized my water bottle could no longer be sipped because it had frozen into one lump. And then, for fun, I felt the top of my head; my hair was solid as a rock. My nose? Runny? “Runny” might not be the word to use for something that is frozen into a solid stream from nostril to lip.
The good news is, it was so cold that I couldn’t feel my shins enough to realize how much pain they were in until after I’d thawed out at home, at which point my legs erupted into an agonizing, throbbing bout of pain until I could no longer form words. (That was a run-on sentence. It was for dramatic effect.)
In other good news…
Nope. I got nothin’.
(not many more training runs to do in the frozen tundra of New England… just keeping my head up ’til then.)
You Go Girl…I’m really proud of you! If you place hand warmers inside your gloves you be able to readily flip off all the rude motorists.
Your Coach,
Rick
http://www.bostonmarathoncoach.wordpress.com
Thanks, Coach! Boy was that tough! But your hand warmer idea is brilliant! Rude motorists beware!!
Hey, it could be worse.. you could be training in Northern Minnesota.
11 minute miles for 13 miles is damn impressive, especially in these atrocious conditions!
thanks dude!
It is really hard to training for The Marathon while living in Boston. But if it were easy – all sorts of strange people would turn up in Hopkinton on Marathon Monday. 🙂
Hang in there, I am sure I heard that warm (er) weather is on the way.
Thank you!!
Yes, that is exactly what I tell myself over and over…the sun is just around the corner 🙂
Checked out your blog! Looks like you are training as well? Good luck with your training!
It’s terrible out there these days. The sidewalks have disappeared, the trails are covered in slippery snow, the cold is relentless and every long run is just a new and scary form of self-torture. But you’re getting through it anyway and you’re kicking a lot of ass. Reading about your 13-mile run has made it easier for me to fathom my 10-mile run this weekend. Keep it up, you’re my hero!