My local running store,
City Park Runners hosted an annual Christmas Breakfast run for the run club members and for anyone else who happened to come in on one of the coldest days of the winter season. Man, this weather has been tough, in fact the temperature for today was -33C with a windchill of -40C which is exactly the same temperature in Fahrenheit (-40F).
Everyone came in their festive running gear. I ran in a tyvek suit that was all coloured up with Christmas decorations by my daughter and wore the requisite Santa hat. I ended up running with my buddy Osty and Tyler, and we really didn't go that far as the windchill was really biting, especially heading back. I also wore my face mask which made breathing very hard and also iced over my eye lashes to the point where they were pretty much frozen shut. It looked like I was viewing everything through blinds.
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| Me and my buddy Sean 'Osty' Ostermann |
But the most fun part of the run was the breakfast and how we all came together to celebrate camaraderie, aches, pains, frozen body parts and the spirit of well being not only through the Christmas season, but year round and through life.
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| Breakfast spread |
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| Gathering among friends in celebration |
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| Sooooo hoongry |
I want to give Cheryll and Erick Oland the proprietors of City Park Runners for hosting this fun event and I'm looking forward to the Marathon run clinic training that the store is also putting together. Merry Christmas everyone, and to all a good night!
