I don’t mind the cold. But those 18 miles per hour winds gusting to 25 mph can really hurt during the runs. Reminded me of the Dallas runs during winter. 4 quick miles and then got inside the Starbucks 🙂

4K run in this crazy weather. Not a soul was around. The temperatures were fine (with wind chill 19F) – or at least I was dressed for it – but the 16 mph wind howling thru the trees threatening to flatten them what with the additional weight of ice on them and the constant crackling under the foot with each step as the ice broke at times were unnerving. This is now officially my craziest run this year – so far 🙂

Starting to pick up distances again . Consecutive 10K runs. Still long ways from my 32K runs. Part of the run today was with the Chalupa group. Whole of the coffee though was with them 🙂

10K run early morning on the dirt roads of Milton. It was a cold and crisp morning…

Lots of Chalupa members showed up today. We had two guests – Amrita and Arka – from Birmingham, Alabama join us. Also ran into my old friend Raj Sundaramurthy! Even Sudipto and Mishtu came!! We had four junior runners there. By the time I showed up half an hour early to put in an extra couple of miles, Atashi and Sid were already there running on the track! There were sixteen of us in all.
Seems like Fowler Park makes a big difference!

Went out for a run near my neighborhood. Ran slowly for 5 miles. Need to stretch now desperately.

Was listening to songs all the while running on the left edge of the road. Suddenly, as a song ended, I thought I heard footsteps alongside me. Turned around and sure enough, there was a dog following me. Not sure how long it had been running with me. It would not bark, it would not go away – it just kept going with me. Thought of trying a trick and turned around and retraced my path. The dog kept running back with me and then suddenly stopped in front of a property. I am quite sure that is the right house for the dog and also am guessing the owner is a runner and takes the dog for a run… Wish had my phone with me to take a picture….

A few brave souls showed up for the Bengali Chalupa run this morning. It was in mid twenties …

After a long time, ran early morning around Georgia Tech campus. The hills are steep but the old houses are quaint!! Even the Starbucks lady commented that she had not seen me around for some time!