While finishing up my 5 mile run this evening…I got to thinking…Heck…it’s December 22nd…SE Michigan…and I just got done running in the same exact weather (53 degrees / misty rain / light wind) that I experienced at my last Ironman - Wisconsin on September 10th.
Am I the only one that finds that odd?
Yes, it is odd but in a good way. I’m sure that we will be in for some real winter weather soon!
I’m still wearing shorts everyday here… stays in the 60s-70s
Yeah, I did an 8-miler this morning and intentionally overdressed (long sleeve tee and tights), because, what do you know, it rained like a mother for the last three miles. I couldn’t see a thing with my glasses on so I ran in the rain without, and my eyeballs were red and burning when I finished. Gack, it was awful! Where’s the frickin’ snow? I wish I were in Boulder with my sister right about now.
I was driving to work this morning (in Chicago) and it was raining really hard, my description of the weather to my gf was, “it’s raining just as hard as it was during my ironman”. For some reason, IMWI 06 is now a benchmark for a certain level of rain. But yeah, it is unseasonably warm for the Midwest.
I haven’t worn a jacket on my bike this winter yet…rode Wednesday, awesome weather. Tomorrow looks windy though, might not be the ideal riding weather here is SE Michigan…but Sunday’s looking good again.