(top is Celsius, bottom is Fahrenheit)
As I write this post, a few puddles remain on the paved alley behind the confectionary adjacent to the yard of my apartment complex. These puddles will freeze tonight and likely stay frozen until the spring. That's quite a thought considering that how much snowy precipitation we're going to see over the next five-six months.
As it is now, we're right on the tipping point of winter. The change from not-freezing to freezing is almost imperceptible (unless you are water), and yet it transforms the landscape for the city's runners quite a lot. And as I've run plenty of times on snow and ice, I'm not really too concerned. But it should be said that my next run (tomorrow morning) will be done with a temperature somewhere in the high teens (Fahrenheit). It would be nice if things didn't get any cooler than they are about to get, but let's face it, -30 or -40 are real possibilities--not sure how I feel about running in such weather.
On the other hand, I've upgraded to Saucony Guide 7's (which were on clearance at Running Room). If it gets cold enough, I may skip an outdoor run to review them, though such a review would prove fairly worthless given that the 8's are now available.
Brainsport's Gingerbread Run is scheduled for November 22nd here in Saskatoon. I hear that the race is completely sold out--I might have entered the 10k race, but I'm not in race shape right now. The Saskatoon Road Runners just had their prediction mile run as well. Were I to predict my mile, I think 7:45 would be about right.
Right now my goal is to get into marathon shape, and that means building up to running distances beyond 21k--so far I have yet to breach that threshold.
