It's warm

Well at least it's freezing or 32 degrees here now.  I ran inside on the treadmill Friday because the wind chill was below zero and I just didn't feel like hitting another PCW(personal cold weather) run.  I wanted to try out the onsite condo fitness center.  I walked over to the fitness center in just sweats and about froze to death.  I was only outside for like 2 minutes.  Brutal.

The treadmill was pretty narrow but overall a nice run and the 42" TV was right in front of it so bonus.  It was pretty cold in the little room but no big deal as running on a treadmill always warms you up.  I did my 5 measly miles and stopped.  There is enough room to setup my indoor cycling trainer so I might have to do that during the spring if it rains.  I don't want to bother my downstairs neighbors.  Last year, I didn't have anyone below me so it was no problem going to town on the trainer in the condo.  Now I think I have nurses below me which work different shifts and usually are home during the work day so no trainer in the condo.

On Saturday, I woke up with a mission.  I was going to run to the gym for swimming and spinning no matter the temperature.  It was 5 degrees when I left but no wind.  I was warm for about 10 steps.  Everything was cold about 5 minutes into the run.  I started pushing just a little trying to warm up.  I kept singing that stupid Subway commercial as I thought about being out in "5" degree weather.  I only had to suffer for just under 25 minutes so I knew I could make it.  The run home was easier as I was warmer and the sun was out.  It was probably 10 degrees on the return trip.  Either way, it was an all new PCW and I'm mentally tougher because of it.

On Sunday, I woke up to 30 degree weather.  Sweet, my long run would be at just around freezing.  There was no sun but also the wind wasn't bad.  I dressed pretty warm and started the run.  It felt so warm.  25 degree difference will do that I guess.  I had a decent run and my legs didn't start feeling tired until the end.  It was the longest run of the winter for me at 12.5 miles.  I averaged a nice 7:30 pace so I was pleased.  My foot injury from last spring has come back but I'm aggressively icing it so it didn't bother me much during the run.  I have no idea what caused the inflammation this time.  I think it's my shoes wearing down.  They only have 320 something miles on them but I just can't pinpoint it because it started last week during a mild 25 mile week.

I arrive in Oregon next Thursday and I'll buy a new pair or two while I'm there.  I'm hoping that will knock out the pain.  I'm also excited that I pulled the trigger on a new Macbook Pro this weekend.  I decided to go with the 17" for the increase screen size and resolution.  I figured since I'm going to keep this laptop for at least 5 years might as well go with that.  It's only 1 lb heavier than the 15 inch so I think that's worth it.

Okay, I've been meaning to blog about this major topic for awhile but I kept forgetting(old age).  What do people do with those small soap slivers?  I have a few of them now because I feel like throwing them away is wasteful but what to do.  Should I try to mold all them into a soap sculpture that resembles a bar of soap?  I'm waiting to see one of the Billy Mays gadgets for creating new bars from existing soap slivers or that Ronco guy coming out with a machine that I can buy for $19.95 + shipping and handling.  Those commercials have even gotten more over the top and deviant these days.  Now they say they are going to throw in 2 miracle scratch removers just for the price of one and shipping and handling charges.  You see those charges are just as expensive as the advertised price.  On top of that they probably send it via the slowest shipping ever.  What type of delivery takes 4-6 weeks in the real world anymore?  Even the USPS smart post takes like a week.

Also after watching all the NFL playoff games this weekend, I couldn't help but laugh at those Play60 NFL commercials.  They say 1 in 3 kids is obese and the NFL is trying to stop this by these camps.  I think 1 in 3 NFL head coaches is obese.  Is the NFL trying to do anything about that?  Geez, did you see Andy Reid on Sunday?  He's easily as big as that guy in Seven, gluttony.  The other unintentional comedy with those commercials is the kid who says Eli taught him how to throw and then they show all the kids throwing the football.  I think most of those kids threw a better ball than Eli did last Sunday in Giant's stadium.  Poor Giants fans especially after the Cardinals showed that the Eagles just weren't that good.