the GRAY period
Cleveland has, I think, officially entered the gray period.
Monday was a sunny day — around 50 degrees. Yesterday it rained all day but it was nearly 70. Last night, the wind howled, it rained, and it got COLD. From 68 degrees at 9:30 PM the temp has fallen to 42, but it feels like 30 because of the wind. Ah yes, the wind. Its gusting from the south west right now up to 41 miles per hour. I’m really not quite sure how I’m going to run today in THAT.
I hate winter. Not so much the cold but the gray. I miss the sun. I miss being able to simply wear a t-shirt and a pair of shorts and be comfortable running like yesterday (my guess is that may have been the last day for 2005 I can get away with that). I don’t particularly like snow and ice is downright dangerous. There’s no baseball. The trees have no leaves. Its ugly.
The only people out now are the REAL runners. The fair-weather runners are on the treadmills or have packed it away until spring. The walkers are gone too.
I guess this teaches dedication. Anyone can run when its 60 and sunny; it takes guts to go out and duke it out with mother nature when its downright cold and she is throwing 40 mile per hour winds back into your face.