The Dumper

Enough hype Mr. Weatherman! Just let it snow already!

On my long run this past weekend, I came upon a little piece of trail that was lightly coated with some softly sprinkled snow from the night before. Like powdered sugar on a chocolate muffin-top. That immediately made me think of two things: those early moments of true-winter when the dirt is still shining through the snow, and coffee. The latter, of course, because nothing goes better with a chocolate muffin than a steaming cup of Joe. And nothing soothes the aching beast after a long winter run than that same magical elixir. Anyways, those few hundred yards of trail highlighted by the finest of white outline were all that I've seen of snow so far this off-season. But, as you can see above, that is all supposed to change in the next couple of days. So bring it on.

We have Thanksgiving coming up. A good time to eat, and to sleep. To celebrate early, I'll be doing an LT test on the bike tomorrow night (ugh) to get my baseline power levels for the next month or so. With some of the usual base-building swimming and running later in the week, it will be great to load up and refuel on the good eats.

Keep it easy.