The wind today was like running on hills. The wind was steady at 36 MPH with gusts up to 55. The image above is what the conditions were when I arrived home, it was actually a little warmer when I started. Of course, my time was like a 9:49 average on the 8+ miles, that …
Author: Jerry Schotz
The January 2019 “Alberta Clipper”
Central Illinois isn't the worst place to spend the winter as there are colder and snowier places in North America. This week an Alberta Clipper has made it's way to our area, and without a doubt, it's cold! The wind is painful on exposed skin, so I leave very little exposed while I'm out there. …
Sleet and head colds
Winter arrived with a bad attitude across Illinois shortly into January. It had been a mild winter through November and December. We're now getting those extremes of snow, white-outs, rain, ice, sleet, etc. Like it just can't be cold and snowy, it has to be more mean spirited and keep us guessing. For me, of …
Snow down, fall down, slow down
The first significant snow of the season began overnight. In town, there were about 2-3 inches when I started the morning run. We knew it was coming so I knew I'd have to be mentally prepared for the conditions. The plows had been through the town streets a few times since it began, so the …
Frosty Country Roads
There was a thick frost settled on the roads this morning. It was one of those frosts where you could scrape it into small snowballs. This made the surface a bit slick of course, and the reduced traction always makes the run a challenge. You're trying to avoid slipping and falling, plus you are expending …
