March Storm

The week started off in its usual fashion with a Monday full of work and a planned rest day on the running front. Then on Tuesday, I simply did not manage my time or energy well enough to get in a run but finally managed to at least get out the door at 4:30 pm for a walk around the school block. Nice afternoon if breezy. (2.0 miles walked)

Finally a run on Wednesday 😆😆Got up and out at 6:30 am and ran roads across the river, but it was a muted, overcast morning without a color sunrise. (7.0 miles)

Woke to a solid dusting of snow on the ground on Thursday morning. Dropped Sam off at school and then headed out on the cart paths for a run before heading into work. Cold, bright and blustery. Brrr! Fine with just regular trail shoes. (6.0 miles)

By Friday, all the snow had melted, but the wind remained and it was quite chilly when I headed out onto the powerlines at 8:30 am. Also very uneven underfoot with the sand and mud thawing and refreezing. (10.0 miles)

Looking like a storm coming in on Saturday, so I decided to take advantage of the nice afternoon and got in a short walk around the school block before dinner on Friday. (1.8 miles walked)

Woke to snow and mixed precipitation on Saturday morning and was very glad I hadn’t unscrewed the screw shoes yet! Headed across the street into the snow and wind for a road on Highland Green Road around 7:45 am. Fine footing with the screws on the plowed pavement, with the back road untouched with a few inches of snow. Cold and a bit of snow pelt in the face. I could do without but oh well, it was too good to think winter was over! Then it was off into Brunswick with a very messy drive to our board retreat. (6.0 miles)

Sam went to a friend's house and we did venture over to Mom and Dad's for dinner, during which the rain and ice started. Later in the night, our power flickered but we were very lucky to not lose power here at home, especially seeing how things looked when heading outside to clean off the car and seeing how many people woke up to no power. Very pretty but very messy and such thick ice! Even days later, power was not yet restored everywhere. Definitely a rough March storm here on the coast!

Ryan headed over to NH to ski for the day on Sunday morning - the notch received 2 feet of snow, so it was pretty sweet, I think! Here at home, I waited for the lot to be cleared, some melt to start occuring as the temps warmed and until I'd eaten lunch before finally donning my shoes and heading out for a run around 2:00 pm. It was a late afternoon, post-storm meander on the mostly clear paved roads through Highland Green and a bit on the trails down to the river, along the powerlines and on the back road. Trail and back road portions consisted of a lot of sinking through the top icy crust. Not ideal but oh well. I was glad to at least be able to get out after the storm, even if it wasn't the long run I was planned. With the ice shimmering in the sunlight, it was quite pretty, but also what a mess! (6.1 miles)