Snow and Shamrocks

This morning I woke up to find that we'd had our first substantial snowfall in the valley. That's not to say that class was canceled, of course, just that we all had the unpleasantry of walking through a light dusting of snow hiding patches of ice on our way to class. Suffice to say, I walked to class instead of riding there for the first time this school year. Very likely, my time in the saddle is going to be seriously curtailed until early spring, not just because of the ice and snow, but also because the salt on the roads will rust my bike. Looks like the stationary bikes in UREC are going to be my new best friends until it warms up.

I've been keping my eyes and ears open to find fun ways to cross train for the trip, and recently it paid off. One of Jake's friends is running an 8K during Yuengling's Shamrock SportsFest at Virginia Beach this March. Anyone interested in running a marathon, half-marathon, or an 8K, and/or scoring some good food and beer along the way, should check out their website at: http://www.shamrockmarathon.com/site3.aspx. Anyway, I'll be running the race with her, hopefully scoring at least a couch to lay my head on at her home as well. I'm pretty excited because although I can handle a run of that distance just fine, I've never run an 8K race before. It's gonna be legen-wait for it-dary.

And that's it, finally, a short entry. Pretty gnarly, huh?