I had been thinking about some things to make Tecumseh easier and decided this evening I would go out and try out my ideas. I hate getting my feet wet and my toes cold and it will be mushy, gloopy stuff out there so I was trying to think of how not to get my feet wet..or at least hold off the wet for as long as I could. I was in Krogers and wandering through the produce section when I looked around at all those little plastic produce bags.
LIGHT-BULB!
So I got a whole bunch of them and brought them home. I put on my sock and tied one around each foot.It was small enough it was not too much plastic and didn't affect my running at all. Bingo! Then I tested out another idea I had had where I could wear my little corduroy backpack. It is not heavy and I wasn't going to put a lot of stuff in it. The main problem was it would bounce around on my back and slip-slide around so I decided to try pinning it to my jacket so it would stay still. Then I packed it with some snacks, an extra pair of ice trekkers and some other little things I would have for the race so I could mimic the conditions the most. Then I went on a Gear Test Run! It was great! The backpack stayed in place, my feet were dry and warm the whole way and I came home feeling even better about my winter race(s).
Just throwing in some photography for no reason at all except for this was a pretty window inside that gazebo up there in the top picture. It was a lovely night for a run and not cold. I was so glad to get out of the house and active.
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