Last night, in case you haven't heard, Georgia was covered with a blanket of beautiful white snow. At Casa de Butler, we personally got 5+ inches. It's awesome.
Today happens to be one of my regular exercise days. The sidewalks are ice. The gym is my normal bad weather option, but the roads are "officially unsafe", so I didn't feel like I could really head down there either. So...options? It's obvious, isn't it?
I put on my cold weather gear and headed outside to run in the snow in my yard. Because of my habit of wearing shorts year-round, you may find yourself surprised that I own "cold weather gear". Well, I do. Here's the breakdown of my sub-arctic wardrobe:
- ski-mask (a gift from my wife)
- knit gloves (not the best for snow, but they help a little)
- long sleeve t-shirt (I got if for doing the Gobble Jog 5k)
- sleeveless t-shirt (custom, it originally had sleeves)
- Captain America Wal-mart hoodie (only for when it is sub-0 and I am going to be outside for an extended time)
- sweat pants (hand-me-downs from my buddy Don)
- tennis shoes covered with 1 gallon Ziploc bags, held in place with duct tape
I was absolutely toasty!
I headed out in the yard and started running around the yard. It was hard work! The snow had a nice 1/2" crust on the top that I had to break through. I had run while it WAS snowing, but it was the first time I had ever run IN the snow.
I was only out there a few minutes when my son joined me. We grabbed a big Rubbermaid tub, tied a tow rope around it, and BAM! Redneck sled. I drug him all over the yard. The only problem was that the bottom of the tub didn't have quite enough surface area, so unless I pulled up as well as forward, the front of the tub would break through the ice and our sled turned into an ice-breaker. That led to him getting dumped out on any corner.
This just confirms that winter weather is the best weather ever!
