i hate the cold, a rant.
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paganopj posted 1 year ago.
yer funny....North Florida has been damn cold these past few weeks too. I don't mind 50's but riding in 20's and low 30's doesn't do it for me either. Thankfully I have an elliptical machine.
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WillRace4Food posted 1 year ago.
+1. I accept that living in the north requires a season change. But this is getting a bit ridiculous. We're going on four weeks of this and its begining to get to me. My usual 2hr long run (the highlight of my training week) really stunk this morning. The one day above 30 in the last three weeks melted enough snow to make my favorite trail an ice skating rink overnight now that its 20 again. I really miss El Nino.
I'm sure this thread is going to elicit more wining than the combined noise of all of our indoor trainers whirling along in unison...Southerns beware!
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Gsal posted 1 year ago.
i feel your pain chekmarks...i live in jersey and the weather isnt nearly as bad as some more northern states but the cold is simply irritating. If i wasnt 17 i'd be living in florida or some other warm place. That's why im going to University of Florida!!! (and obviously some other reasons)
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chekmarks posted 1 year ago.
and in case anyone cares, i did get in my long run today. i just replayed beach boys songs over and over in my head and pretended i was in florida.
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amphibops posted 1 year ago.
Embrace the cold. Love the snow. Go skiing! If you're in Chicago, that will mean a long drive to some XC skiing I suppose.
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Trilosopher posted 1 year ago.
I can relate. I went to college in Chicago, which drove me to choose a grad school in Florida. Roughly a year ago I was training for a marathon up there. I remember my camelbak freezing during a long run, forcing me to eat snow to keep hydrated. I think that was the straw the broke this camel's back. One day, to keep things interesting, I fueled up with makeshift sno-cones by squeezing my gels onto handfulls of snow. It was pretty delicious.
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gfd posted 1 year ago.
The cold makes us stronger.
It makes us mentally tougher.
It feels fresh.
It allows precipitation to be in the form of snow, which is pretty.
It makes us appreciate the 50 degree days.
It makes us celebrate the days in the 70's.
It....it....all right it sucks. Especially when the #$#@%& wind starts howling, which is like every #%&@#%^ day. Even my dog is starting to get depressed.
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fastdog5 posted 1 year ago.
amphibops wrote:
Embrace the cold. Love the snow. Go skiing! If you're in Chicago, that will mean a long drive to some XC skiing I suppose.
I think you mean downhill skiing. The XC skiing is excellent here in the Chicago area. The downhill skiing, however, is not. For those of you in the Rockies, we ski on converted landfills here and like it. Go Wilmot!
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SBH posted 1 year ago.
Pain is just weakness leaving the body...sorry, it was 74 in New Orleans today (but windy, if that helps).
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J.Michael posted 1 year ago.
It was a brisk 78 here in Daytona.
Which is actually warmer than it has been the past few days.
It was in the high 20"s the other night. Hasn't been that cold here since 2002.
Back in the 80's by Mon and I can put on shorts.
I hope to never live anywhere that will require socks, much less gloves, for the rest of my days.
Next time it's really cold during a workout, just think of me on the beach running barefoot. This should warm you up a few degrees, if only out of anger......
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Tri_it_out posted 1 year ago.
Relax guys, you know what to expect. If you've lived in the Northeast all your life like me it's just part of the game. God forbid you should suffer through 4 weeks of cold weather, get ready for another 6 or 8. I bet some of our more Northern friends read through this and just laughed (or cursed) because they've got it a lot worse than some us. It was nice the other day in the 40s but it just reminds us what it'll be like when spring/summer rolls around again and we can all look forward to it. Don''t bitch, you're better than that.
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vistring posted 1 year ago.
I went out today on the bike it was 20. The only thing I dislike about the cold is putting on all those clothes. Oh I dislike all the shortened daylight, too. But cold is good, gives us incentive to base train correctly.
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Kwschs posted 1 year ago.
I live in clearwater and we had our coldest day's last week, but literally those were the only cold days (within reason).
It got down to 31, but now it's up to 70 again.
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jnrice posted 1 year ago.
gfd wrote:
The cold makes us stronger.
It makes us mentally tougher.
It feels fresh.
It allows precipitation to be in the form of snow, which is pretty.
It makes us appreciate the 50 degree days.
It makes us celebrate the days in the 70's.
It....it....all right it sucks. Especially when the #$#@%& wind starts howling, which is like every #%&@#%^ day. Even my dog is starting to get depressed.
+1 I like to ski, a lot.
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bes5920 posted 1 year ago.
I grew up in Minnesota and learned to enjoy winter. Now I live in Ohio and winter here sucks. 35 and rain most of the time.
The great thing about training indoors is that I get to catch up on lots of movies! I put a movie on while I'm riding my bike or on the treadmill. I can go through three or four per week. Awesome. Once the summer comes around I'll wonder why I have that Blockbuster membership.
Here's more good stuff - no road debris or dogs chasing you. If you get a flat and forgot a spare, you don't have to hike 15 miles home. Starting to bonk - just run to the kitchen and get some more food (or shout for the support staff/wife and kids to bring you something).
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thesonicson posted 1 year ago.
I must say that as a native floridian now living in N.C. and having just posted a thread on here practically complaining about the cold about a month ago. I must say I thoroughly enjoyed running in our first snow of the year last week. Although it was bitterly cold, I must say the air seemed fresh and the run felt great just from the energy I got from running in the snow. Since then been running in the 50's. Not a bad week!
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Merchant46 posted 1 year ago.
I heard that chekmarks. I grew up in NM. I live in MN. Over the years, I started to mind the cold less and less. I thought I was getting used to it. Then I started doing tris and lost 30 lbs. of insulation. I don't go outside much.
When I woke up Thursday before last, it was -22. As I write this, it's -4. We've had snow on the ground since mid-November, and it's nearly impossible to run outside without a significant chance of falling on the ice. Forget about a bike ride. Your body practically forces you to carry an extra 10 lbs. For some of us, the day we get to finally go outside to train is the biggest holiday of the year.
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befitrun posted 1 year ago.
lol - I wish it were in the 20's yesterday for my long run day. It was 3 (-7 wind chill) when we started on our run, 81% humidity (which is really unusual here) and luckily only a slight breeze out of the Southeast. We headed south first and I didn't think the wind was too bad until I noticed that the front of my legs felt like two frozen chunks of ice. Gregg's glasses froze over about 15' in to the run so I carried them in my pocket for him and made him run on the inside so he didn't fall off the curb and sprain an ankle or something! Found a couple neighborhoods to wander around in that kept the wind off of us and then turned around to head north back. My quads warmed up, but then my butt was froze! And you couldn't blink too long because you're eyelashes would freeze together from all the frost on them! Great time! We got our hour and ahalf in and then headed to coffee with the rest of the running club. Took me about fifteen minutes in a HOT shower to warm up afterwards. I'm glad we switched our long run from Sunday to Saturday this week though because this morning it's -3 with a windchill of -12! Frosty! Crazy Wyoming weather - just last Tuesday we ran in shorts and t-shirts and it was 60! Well, what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger right? This is good training for us - last year at Ironman Coeur d'Alene it snowed three days before race day so if it does that to us this year we'll be well prepared! Today we spin - INSIDE. Have a great Sunday
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chekmarks posted 1 year ago.
see, i've spent time in CO in the winter and i love it. I went snow shoe-ing and skiing and x-country skiing. there is no snow in indiana right now. so everything just looks dead.
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Anton posted 1 year ago.
sure it can suck...but then there's the up side...
I go for a run in the state park next door and because the leaves are down I grab glances of all kinds of wildlife...
This morning I was out for a run in the park and when the sun hit the ice covered lake the sounds it made were awesome! All this groaning and grinding and pops and whistles...sounded like whales in heat!
Very cool...
20 degrees and sunny for the run...
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cutiger95 posted 1 year ago.
This may not be cold but it was cold for me. 38 degrees during my bike today. My dang energy bar that I eat at the 1/2 point tasted like a frozen snickers adn I couldn't eat it. 2 hrs after I am still cold.
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cdemet posted 1 year ago.
I agree winter here in Chicago is getting old and I'm sick of layering. However, I am using the healthclub suana and steamroom more than ever and I just finished 1 of 5 indoor tri's that I signed up for. But I did have for great years going to college at LSU. Awesome springs.
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gfd posted 1 year ago.
Anton wrote:
sure it can suck...but then there's the up side...
I go for a run in the state park next door and because the leaves are down I grab glances of all kinds of wildlife...
This morning I was out for a run in the park and when the sun hit the ice covered lake the sounds it made were awesome! All this groaning and grinding and pops and whistles...sounded like whales in heat!
Very cool...
20 degrees and sunny for the run...
Sounds great. I have quite a few trails in the park within 4 miles of my house. Unfortunately, the trails have been unrunnable for weeks. They are a sheet of ice. The last week of November, before the snow came, I noticed some birds by an old stone storage shed in woods near a creek. There ended up being 4 Downey Woodpeckers, 2 red-headed woodpeckers, cardinals, a bluejay, and what appeared to be a Scarlet Tanager (I couldn't 100% confirm without binoculars). I wish I had a camera. They were all relatively calm and staying still. I went back to the spot last week (walked) and didn't see one bird.
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SueR posted 1 year ago.
Went to the pool yesterday morning at 7am for a masters swim in Corner Brook, NL, at -26. That to me is the worst thing...running I can dress for, trainer means rewatching great old movies and being warm, but getting my ass out to the car on a freezing cold evening/morning to get into a chilly pool, sucks...
My "long run" today was on snowshoes in whiteouts with a rather chilly doberman in a neoprene dog coat and muttluks. Her whole face was white except for little black spots for eyes...now she's happily laying in front of the fireplace!
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WillRace4Food posted 1 year ago.
Tri_it_out wrote:
Relax guys, you know what to expect. If you've lived in the Northeast all your life like me it's just part of the game. God forbid you should suffer through 4 weeks of cold weather, get ready for another 6 or 8. I bet some of our more Northern friends read through this and just laughed (or cursed) because they've got it a lot worse than some us. It was nice the other day in the 40s but it just reminds us what it'll be like when spring/summer rolls around again and we can all look forward to it. Don''t bitch, you're better than that.
Thread title says cold and rant...does anyone else not know to expect some whining?
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tritoride28 posted 1 year ago.
I have to put in my .02 here. I ran in a half marathon yesterday in Minnesota, Downtown St.Paul (ok it was shortened to 6.4 miles due to weather) at -7F with a windchill of -25. I got warm and had to strip the balaclava b/c i was overheating with all my layers. Today, i took the husky for a little jaunt around the river through some trails and such. Its so beautiful when its cold and bright outside. You cant change the weather, but you can change your attitude. FYI, when it hits 30 here in winter, we wear t shirts out running :)
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Mike1986 posted 1 year ago.
Cold = Snow
Snow = Days off of school (WORK)
Using this logic Cold = Days off of work
Cold is..... good?
Wait!?
Too many days off work = shorter summer break
Well I tried
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jsk85 posted 1 year ago.
Mike1986 wrote:
Cold = Snow
Snow = Days off of school (WORK)
Using this logic Cold = Days off of work
Cold is..... good?Wait!?
Too many days off work = shorter summer breakWell I tried
Since I'm no longer a student and am not in the teaching profession, that formula would be more like:
Cold = Snow
Snow = Days off of school for wife and more difficult commute to work
Cold = Taunting phone calls from my wife, who's enjoying her day off while I worry about whether I may get trapped at work by the increasingly poor road conditions
Cold is..... evil
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WillRace4Food posted 1 year ago.
jsk85 wrote:
Mike1986 wrote:Cold = Snow
Snow = Days off of school (WORK)
Using this logic Cold = Days off of work
Cold is..... good?Wait!?
Too many days off work = shorter summer breakWell I tried
Since I'm no longer a student and am not in the teaching profession, that formula would be more like:
Cold = Snow
Snow = Days off of school for wife and more difficult commute to work
Cold = Taunting phone calls from my wife, who's enjoying her day off while I worry about whether I may get trapped at work by the increasingly poor road conditions
Cold is..... evil
Nailed it. But I'll one up:
Snow = School day canceled = Pool is closed = Missed swim workouts = Slower swim slit; therefore:
Cold = evil
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The Dude posted 1 year ago.
chekmarks wrote:
I hate the cold, i hate the cold, i hate the cold. this is just stupid. it was 50 out yesterday. i rode my bike OUTSIDE. it was amazing.
It is supposed to be 59 tomorrow here in Tucson and I'm already preparing myself for a "cold" bike ride. I hate anything below 72. Thursday is supposed to be back up in the 70s - thank goodness!!
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PrinceofClydes posted 1 year ago.
Tri_it_out wrote:
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I bet some of our more Northern friends read through this and just laughed (or cursed) because they've got it a lot worse than some us. ..
Hello.. Northern Friend here..
Below is a picture of me hacking the glacier off the roof of the house yesterday. The snow has formed a glacier and is crushing the trellis. The 4 foot long icicles are threatening to break the windows. It was -18C (0 degrees fahrenheit) yesterday, but the sun was shining.
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sasquatch posted 1 year ago.
wow, PoC. You really to get better insulation..... That's gonna kill someone...
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beads1985 posted 1 year ago.
Cold can suck, Suck it up!
Improvise, adapt and overcome.
I go to the Y and run on the treadmill for my runs during the week and then just bundle up for my long runs on the weekend.
Same with the bike. I get on the trainer or take a spin class for a few months.
'Nothing to it, but to do it!'
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jsk85 posted 1 year ago.
beads1985 wrote:
Cold can suck, Suck it up!
Improvise, adapt and overcome.I go to the Y and run on the treadmill for my runs during the week and then just bundle up for my long runs on the weekend.
Same with the bike. I get on the trainer or take a spin class for a few months.
+1 I'm sick of the cold as much as anyone...boy has it been consistently cold here for what I'm used to. But I'm excited to see what I'll be able to do once it warms up. I've been hitting the trainer harder than ever this off-season as well as working on my diet. Keeps me excited/motivated/distracted.
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TriTebs posted 1 year ago.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the cold and winter! And snow! I am from Massachusetts but have been in New Mexico for a couple yrs now. We will DEF move back to Mass bc we miss it. DH and I love the snow, I am an ex-ski racer, and have gotten frostbitten so many times that I can't feel my toes anymore (really). Go skiing! Bundle up and go for a hike! Snow shoeing! TONS to do in the winter. I just let my athleticism spill over into the winter...we're all athletes here...I thought you all were tough? Geez. I'm sure you can suck it up and figure something out.
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PrinceofClydes posted 1 year ago.
TriTebs, Tritebs, Tritebs.. tsk-tsk.
I can survive it. I might even thrive in it. That doesn't mean I have to like it.
And you can't take away my constitutional right to whine about it!
I love the cold she says - but you live in New Mexico!
That's like the masochist who LOVED cold showers, so she took warm ones..
heh.
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chekmarks posted 1 year ago.
let me tell you a story.
today I wanted to go swim. to do this i need to drive my car. now, usually this would not be a problem, but because I live in a place (middle of indiana) where it only snows a few times a year no one cares that i have to go swim. IT TOOK ME 20 MINUTES TO GET MY CAR OUT OF MY COMPLEX'S PARKING LOT BECAUSE IF 40 FOOT LONG, 3 % GRADE INCLINE. re-dic-u-lous. but i did it. i smelled the rubber of my tires burning, and i pressed on. i did not let mother nature mess with my training. the bottom line is:
if i want to bitch, i'll bitch. because i don't just sit around and complain, i earn the right to complain.
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jsk85 posted 1 year ago.
TriTebs wrote:
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the cold and winter! And snow! I am from Massachusetts but have been in New Mexico for a couple yrs now. We will DEF move back to Mass bc we miss it. DH and I love the snow, I am an ex-ski racer, and have gotten frostbitten so many times that I can't feel my toes anymore (really). Go skiing! Bundle up and go for a hike! Snow shoeing! TONS to do in the winter. I just let my athleticism spill over into the winter...we're all athletes here...I thought you all were tough? Geez. I'm sure you can suck it up and figure something out.
Well, when you live in the midwest or other more central parts of the US, where the climate is pretty temperate...the snow and cold isn't nearly as fun. For one, when the road conditions get anything less than ideal, half the city shuts down in a panic, and many of those who venture out just make it more dangerous on the roads for others. And along with that, there really aren't a lot of great venues for outdoor snow activities like skiing. So, from here in Ohio, I feel comfortable saying I don't like the snow...I don't use it as an excuse to hold me back, but I'm certainly not a fan. My dislike has been rejuvinated by the ice storm we've been having the last 2 days.
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PrinceofClydes posted 1 year ago.
Anybody seen the film, "Fargo" or maybe, "Runaway Train" and still thinks winter is fun?
I'm not predjudiced against old man winter, I have merely developed a lifelong (and growing) resentment of his antics! heh.
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The Dude posted 1 year ago.
PrinceofClydes wrote:
You betcha :)
Anybody seen the film, "Fargo" or maybe, "Runaway Train" and still thinks winter is fun?
-Tod
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gfd posted 1 year ago.
Oh Yah. You're darned tootin. :-).
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diva_mom posted 1 year ago.
i heard both of those phrases at the grocery store yesterday. thought i was lost for a sec
and on a side note, it's above 30 today, so I ran outside for the first time this year.
Don't be so easy on yourself 'cause this one might be all that you have left
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TonisTri posted 1 year ago.
I ran outside today but there was so much ice on the roads that I could barely get my heart rate up before I had to stop and walk around a patch of ice. I feel like I went for a 5 mile tip toe, not a 5 mile run. 50 days til spring! I'm counting down.
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wannakona posted 1 year ago.
amphibops wrote:
Embrace the cold. Love the snow. Go skiing! If you're in Chicago, that will mean a long drive to some XC skiing I suppose.
I'm by Chicago, but no worries, there are some ok slopes up north and it's not too far. Drive to Racine HIM was a bit further but worth it.
I actually don't mind running in cold, i just don't like running next to cars in the dirt, since no one cleans the walkways in north west suburbs of Chicago.
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Socket posted 1 year ago.
Cold sucks, by itself, but once you add any kind of wind or precipitation to it things degenerate quickly. The roads get chewed up, the drivers suddenly forget how to drive, nobody shovels or salts/sands their walks, my workout becomes shoveling, and I'm temped to bring an ice chipper with me trying to walk to the gym safely.
I'd run in the cold, but it's never just cold.
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Anton posted 1 year ago.
"Fargo?" "Runaway Train?"
Cold ....you want cold, read "A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich."
As to complaining about the cold...I stopped after my Dad told me stories about fighting a war at 10 below (F) ...in a summer uniform.
"A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest men."
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PrinceofClydes posted 1 year ago.
Props to your Dad, Anton.
I read that Alexander Solzhenitsyn work years ago. I wondered how a man could work a full day of labour on 700 grams of dark bread. If he could do that, maybe I could do an Ironman on that intake.
Perhaps. I just wouldn't win anything. heh.
I had hypothermia at T1 last August 24th at IMC. I shivered so bad I couldn't tie shoelaces. Good thing my Sidi cycling shoes have velcro straps!
I prayed, "Lord, let me be warm again, I will nevermore complain about it being too hot!"
Brrrrr.
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TonisTri posted 1 year ago.
Anton wrote:
As to complaining about the cold...I stopped after my Dad told me stories about fighting a war at 10 below (F) ...in a summer uniform.
Boy, Anton, that's a serious dose of perspective. I think I feel a little more grateful for, well...everything right now.
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chekmarks posted 1 year ago.
Anton wrote:
"Fargo?" "Runaway Train?"
Cold ....you want cold, read "A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich."As to complaining about the cold...I stopped after my Dad told me stories about fighting a war at 10 below (F) ...in a summer uniform.
along those same lines, I read the book "With the Old Guard", its a bone chilling account of fighting in the Pacific during WWII. The author tells a story about how a shard of metal kills a fellow Marine who was to be a heart surgeon. It's a very eye opening story. I wrote the Marines name on a notecard and placed it in my flat tire kit. i'll never complain about something puncturing my tire again.
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jtrimom posted 1 year ago.
I am so glad I live in Houston today. I can deal with 100s in July (don't quote me, I know this will haunt me) but under 30 and I hibernate
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I hate the cold, i hate the cold, i hate the cold. this is just stupid. it was 50 out yesterday. i rode my bike OUTSIDE. it was amazing. today it's 15. 15 feels like negative 20 after being out in 50. this is just stupid. i want to be warm. i'm not asking for much. if i could just wear 1 long sleeve shirt instead of layers i'd be happy. if i could not have my face freeze or come back home with frozen sweat in my hair i'd be happy. i can't wear sunglasses and a facemask because it makes my sunglasses fog up. so i am forced to choose between having my eyes water like crazy, which makes it so i can't see, or have my chin and mouth be so cold that i can't feel when I have snot running like niagra falls out of my oversized (jewish) nose.
did you know that near the equator it never gets this cold. thats right, there are parts of the world, hell, there are parts of the USA where it never gets this cold. and i chose to go to school in an icebox 4 months out of the year. ITS SUNNY OUTSIDE, WHY ISN'T IT WARM!!!!!!!! don't even get me started on the wind. it hates me too. and worse than all this, we just elected a president who is vowing to stop climate change. WHY? who likes the cold so much that we want to stop global warming? so here is what i'm going to do. i'm going to walmart and buying all the styrofoam they have and i'm going to have a HUGE bonfire. and hopefully tomorrow the new ozone hole above my house will let some warm air in.