You know, if I had four legs I could turn on a dime, too.

Posted on 8 December, 2008 by Sally

Try cornering in fresh snow with a speeding demon dog attached to you. It’s a lot more fun than it would seem on the surface. Since it’s been made clear here at TAS that I am not afraid to fall, I figure I may as well give in and corner as hard as I can. (I’m still scared, to tell the truth.)

I had written to Larry that this week’s runs have no choice but to be good. I can no longer bear to have bad weeks. Bad days, off days, okay. No more bad weeks. I was running errands when it started to snow, and immediately thought that I needed to get home asap so that I could get outside. We’re supposed to get snow intermittently this week, and right now we’re under a winter weather advisory. Aaaaaaaahh, music to my ears. I hooked up Schmedley the Dancing Bear Dog, put on ye olde waterprooffe running shoes and set out. What I should have remembered to wear was my visor. I got pelted in the face the whole time. Not that I’m complaining, mind you. I’ll take pelting snow to the face any day over +75 °F weather anytime. Anytime. Did I say anytime, because I meant anytime.  In summary:

  • Winter weather advisory.
  • Fluffy, sprinting dog. Fluffy until covered with snow, actually. Then wet, sprinting dog.
  • 13°F with wind chill.
  • Waterproof running shoes.
  • 4-5 miles of Snowy, Snowy Goodness.

Oh, and the most underrated, unspoken of gear a winter runner could ever need? Vaseline. On your face to block the wind. Awesome.

About Sally

Yeah, I'm a co-conspirator. I helped start this whole darn thing. The running or the blog, you ask? Yes. Friend of Toots, spouse of Lumpy, runner of dogs, lover of winter weather, reader of books, speaker of languages, educator of youth.
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6 Responses to You know, if I had four legs I could turn on a dime, too.

  1. kd says:
    8 December, 2008 at 20:32

    Vaseline on the face does not sound like fun.  What kind of gloves do you wear? That’s what always gets me… would like to run with you sometime maybe in the 40s.kd

  2. Toots says:
    8 December, 2008 at 22:01

    I do the vaseline thing too on face and legs (if running in shorts) during the few windy winterlike runs I get to do down here…it’s really not as bad as it seems and it works really well against windburn.  Really!  It does!

  3. Lumpy says:
    8 December, 2008 at 22:27

    The hi(er)-tech alternative to Vaseline is Dermatone.

    I recommend it, however, truthfully, haven’t used it in years. (It is, of course, available at your friendly neighborhood REI.)

    Oh, and it is Swedish, so it must be Tove approved….

  4. Larry says:
    9 December, 2008 at 15:10

    Winter?What is winter?

  5. Sally says:
    9 December, 2008 at 22:16

    Winter: That season in which there is SNOW. The one in which the air is clean and your nose hairs freeze.

    KD – I usually wear some cheap ass gloves from Target – the magic gloves. They cost maybe one dollar.

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