Put the Screws on Me

 and i'm gonna screw right out from under you"  I heard Johnny Cash say on one of his visits to Folsom. [Hey, I was doing a short stretch for picking flowers outside Starkville. Oh, wait, that's a different song.]

To snow flakes massing in the upper atmosphere: I'll put the screws in these and run right through you.

 

One down, 10 or 12 screws to go.  

Bring it Mother Nature. Bring it.

Screw shoes won't work in all snow conditions, but if they'll make a few otherwise unrunnable days runnable it's well worth the $4 in screws and a recently retired pair of shoes.

They say a few inches of snow may fall here tomorrow.  WTF!? Silly overpaid meteorologists.  Is there no Continuing Meteorology Education requirement?  Please, re-up on the latest science.  How else could they have failed to account for some of the most potent anti-snow elements known to science?

First, the screw shoe effect. Duh. Like lugging an umbrella guarantees no rain, prepping a pair of screws shoes should end winter.  Second, there is a DC weather phenomenon scheduled (tick the oxymoron box) for tomorrow.  No way will snow survive the hot air generated at the White House Health Care Summit.  Trust me, no appreciable snow tomorrow.

Actually, I remain hopeful that some sort of progress will result from the Summit.  Put the screws to 'em President Obama. If you need to administer a sharp kick in the ass I've got just the shoes to do it.

Training stuff

Sun. 2-14-10

Run 47mins, ~6.1mi, blah.

Mon. 2-15-10

Run 61min beach dr, ~8mi, pres day holiday, light snow falling

Tue. 2-16-10

Off

Wed. 2-17-10

Run 49, ~6.25mi

12min trans to

Bike QR trainer steady

Thur. 2-18-10

Run 54mins steady, ~7mi

10min trans to bike

Bike QR trainer

Fri. 2-19-10

Run 40mins steady, ~5.25mi

Sat.  2-20-10

Run 80mins, ~10.5mi, beach dr

Bike QR trainer

Sun. 2-21-10

Run 51mins beach dr, ~6.6mi

Bike QR trainer

Mon. 2-22-10

Off

Tue. 2-23-10

Run 50mins steady, ~6.5mi, hi 30’s, moist, felt decent energywise, good above the knee, tight achilles/calves both legs

10min trans to bike

Bike QR trainer, build to tempo, hold tempo, finish with 2x3mins (1min RI), cool down