The durable, renewable, and insanely stylish aluminum was super-chilled overnight in the trunk of my car.
The fan in the computer turned on as soon as it booted up, not to cool it, but to get some warm air in and heat it up.
I have been in love with the great state of Indiana all my life, but I'm starting to believe that this may be an abusive relationship.
Eight inches of snow forced me into a parking garage for my Sunday run.
Think about that for a minute... running, a long run, in an underground garage.
Tuesday brought warmer temperatures, but also rain. With the ground frozen, the rain and the snow that it melted had no where to go. So what the day before passed as reasonable places to walk were turned into small canals, 3 inches deep in watery slush.
By Thursday the temps fell hard. Today, any travel outside, by car or by foot, is a concert of cracking ice, each "pop" reminding you that you are in a place not hospitable to human life.
I have a half-marathon in 15 days that I am in no way prepared for, and I have no where to train that isn't soul-sucking or limb-threatening.
A few hundred years ago, some brave people set off West looking for a better life. Those without the means for a new wagon, bought used, and paid the price. When their wagon broke down, on pool table flat ground, they were forced to settle down in what would become Indiana.
That's the only scenario I can imagine to explain why people chose to live here.
I long for Indiana spring, the lovely season between the ridiculously gray, cold, dreary winter and the oppressive humidity and high pollen counts... all 4 days of it.
Good running,
Doug
