Even Water Doesn't Always Run Downhill

There is still no safe place to run around Broadway. Sidewalks aren't shoveled out. Shoulders are buried in mounds of snow. But, finally, the elementary school parking lot was almost bare on Friday, so we ran around it for a time period equal to at least two miles (we allowed 12 minutes per mile because of all the turns and a couple icy patches just to be sure we got in a full two miles).

And then we ice-danced our way back to my apartment where we found this proof that even water doesn't always run downhill! The "uphill effort" of running during temps in the single digits and teens for an unusually long period of time, and during the highest snowfall since 1996, has been really rough. Were it not for Butch, my running buddy, I'm sure I'd have given up trying. Besides running, I've also had cardiovascular workouts through shoveling snow and jumping rope. I hope that this winter's "hill workout" is better than nothing and that the benefits will appear come spring.