WTL,
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Thursday: 149 seconds of plank, 100 pushups, followed by 22.3 km of (+2°C with rain), and then zero minutes of kettle bells.

This was a rough run. It was damp, cold and raining, and everything felt like a struggle.

…and turned out to be my fastest half-marathon of the year. 🤷🏻

When I got home I was chilled to the bone and skipped kettle bells so I could get into the hot shower to warm back up.

Easily worse than -30°C (to me, anyway).

1) Parliament hill from the east side of the Rideau Canal which is visible at the bottom of the frame. 2) The Alexandria Bridge from the northern shore of the Ottawa River, with trees and a bench in the foreground. 3) The Rideau Canal as seen from the Corktown Bridge, with water ontop of the ice. 4) Wet recreational path with trees off to the sides. 5) The east-most span of the Minto Bridges over the Rideau River.

stephanie,
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@WTL Freezing rain is easily one of the worst weather

mlawton,
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@WTL it’s a great result, though, even if the process was miserable. Perhaps the conditions spurred you on faster in an effort to get out of the elements sooner. Cold and wet is the worst.

jaredbyrd,
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@WTL congrats on a solid time during a shit run. Bodies are so weird.

WTL,
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@jaredbyrd Thanks. These bags of mostly water that we wear can be trying sometimes. 🤣

sebastianhahn,
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@WTL Whew, I know this feeling so well. Cold alone is great, wet alone is ok. But both of them combined are hell on earth. My father-in-law just gave me a fresh pair of waterproof gloves designed for people who work in cold and wet surroundings. I‘ll try them out, maybe they could be helpful for you as well. 🥶

WTL,
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@sebastianhahn Weirdly, it wasn't my hands that were cold, but my core. It was extremely humid (record-settingly so) on top of raining and the 2°C just sucked the heat I was generating out. 🤷🏻

sebastianhahn,
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@WTL Oh, that sounds like a real strain. I‘m glad you got back in one piece.

WTL,
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@sebastianhahn It's unpleasant. 🤷🏻 All part of running around here. 🤣

SaschaFreud,
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@WTL Yeah, but you did it! Hope the warm shower helped.

WTL,
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@SaschaFreud It did, as did the hit tea I made, and the second mug I’m preparing now will do. 🤣

bomkatt,
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@SaschaFreud @WTL was it the rain that got you? 2C barely counts as cold in your world

WTL,
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@bomkatt @SaschaFreud It was the rain. Cold is fine, cold and wet just sucks the heat right out of my body.

johnefrancis,
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@WTL you can put the kettlebells in the oven next time, then they'll be nice and warm when you get back.

WTL,
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@johnefrancis I suppose I could do that, and lay on the floor, curled around the kettlebells. 🤣

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