benwatts.ca » weather http://www.benwatts.ca The crazy ramblings of designer/web developer Ben Watts. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:49:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1-alpha Make the Cold go Away http://www.benwatts.ca/2007/04/06/make-the-cold-go-away/ http://www.benwatts.ca/2007/04/06/make-the-cold-go-away/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2007 13:55:17 +0000 Ben http://benwatts.ca/blog/?p=5 Cold weather can be such a pain.

]]> Here were are, first week of April — and it has been snowing in the glorious city of Ottawa for the past day or two. The long term forecast does provide some relief — but we’re 5 degrees below average! Arg! I swear it makes it seem like global warming is a hoax.

Why am I so annoyed? I run, as some people who read this may know — and while I’d like to think I’m dedicated to running, there are two things that halt my motivation to a crawl: rain and cold. The combination of the two is particularly destructive to my motivation. I once went for a run on a 6 degree day and it was fine — until it started raining — suddenly shorts and a t-shirt seemed like horrible attire. Needless to say, I avoid running in all rain unless it’s 20 degrees out. That’s my personal rule.

I digress, running in the cold sucks. Even with sweats or other running gear. Grar.

By the way, I’m in love with the National Capital Race Weekend website over at http://www.ncm.ca/, it’s very purdy. Huge tabs, nice colours, smooth. It beats the Boston Marathon’s website, for sure: http://www.bostonmarathon.org/.

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