Almost Spring

Let me first say that I am extremely jealous of all you southerners, no not for your backward ways or inbreeding but for all those "cold" days you complain about. I find it quite amusing reading other blogs and hearing people complain because it was in the 40's and couldn't get your workout in outside because it was to cold.

Well today we finally had some decent weather here in Chicago, it got up in the mid 30's and the majority of the streets and sidewalks are finally clear of the snow and ice. So with the sun out and clear skies I decided to take my run to the outdoors and oh how nice it was. I can not stand running on the treadmill for more than 30 minutes so this was definitely a nice change of scenery. I was able to get a nice 7 mile run in today and not once did I miss the constant clock reminding me how long I have been running, or the almost tumbling off the machine due to staring at the same thing for an hour, which is usually nothing.

Oh spring you can not come soon enough, as it is still a little to icy to venture outside on the old bike and riding a bike in place is much worse than running in place.

So needless to say today just helped influence what I already knew, I hate Chicago winters!