Matches for: snow

  • Puggle in Spring

    Spring was slow to take hold, but the snow banks have finally accepted the fact that they are unwanted and unloved. They’re melting away and it’s almost time to start running with my puggle every day.
  • Throwing Shoes

    I'm not a stranger to running in the snow, but this year the weekly blizzards have kept me shoveling instead of running. And it's been really cold. But I'm back now, and apparently my gear is all worn out. My jackets and shirts and things are okay, but my shoe spikes are apparently fed up with me and yearning for retirement.
  • Our New House of Snow

    Lately my wife and I found our dream house in winter, and got nice and settled just before being magically transported to Jotunheim. Winter has been especially grumpy this year, and has dropped three giant snow storms on us in the space of a week.
  • 78. Snowy Egret 5K, 2014

    This one was a bit odd. The website had the name of the race, the date... and that's it. The Active.com page had an address for the Starting Line, but that was a mile from the registration desk. I guess they thought only local people would show up.
  • Nemo Distrupted My Running Schedule

    I had a pretty good plan, but it got messed up by a Historic Winter Storm. It wasn't just snow... this thing had a name. They called it Nemo, and I found it on the home page of weather.com without entering my zip code. If I was going to run in that, I figured I should do it early.
  • New Years and Shoe Spikes

    I wanted to get out there for New Year's Day, but there was an awful lot of snow on the ground from recent storms. Rather than just blow it off, I decided to break out some nifty toys that I picked up in Freeport. They're shoe spikes like the ones I had before, but far more serious. In fact, I'm sure I'll see them in an action movie at some point.
  • KeyBank Vermont City Marathon, 2012 – from the Sidelines

    I had hoped to compete in this marathon, but I have yet to master the art of [wearing spikes on my shoes and stomping through snow banks]({{site.baseurl}}all-kinds-of-weather/ "All Kinds of Weather"). Instead, I was a grateful spectator. How could I not be?
  • Tough Guy War Stories

    As a runner, some of my proudest moments involve adverse conditions. Rain, wind, snow and other things that Mother Nature dishes out become prized trophies in the memory of any serious runner. Just as old soldiers compare scars, runners compare stories about going outside in horrible weather.
  • 48. St. Patrick’s Day 5K Road Race, 2010

    My first race in Boston was also my first race of 2010. I was hoping for something a little less flooded, but I'll take what I can get after my first New England Winter. With the snow and ice and the refreezing ice and the dogs refusal to go out because the snow is taller than he is... well, the truth is that I haven't done much. Time to change that.