Should I be nervous? It's only 25K....

Tomorrow I have my next race, a hilly 25K (course map) up in Norwalk, CT. I previewed half of the course 2 weeks ago so I am not intimidated. But its strange; I have never ran 15.5 miles at once before, and yet I feel like this will be some sort of training run. It is a race afterall! I guess the distance isn't intimidating anymore? Famous last words! haha!

I go by the mantra, "Nothing new on race day." However, when there is a freak shortage of Chocolate Gu for a few weeks leading up to a race, drastic measures need to be taken. Drastic, meaning "Orange Burst Gu."
I used to use this stuff a lot a few years ago, and it tastes really Guuud, but its like liquid Orange Life Savers and Chocolate is soooooo much better tasting (and its like dessert on the bike!). The Orange is basically my backup Gu flavor. Three of em should get me through the race tomorrow.

So enough talking about the future and time to talk about the past:

Bam! Thats what the weather did from Thurs to midday Friday. We got a half day on Thurs and then the weather knocked power out at work so we got a 3.5 day weekend! Woo hoo!!! This is the last punch before it died off:

Doesn't it look like the center is pinwheeling right above NYC?

We wound up with a lot more snow than last time. Not sure the exact amount, but there is a LOT of snow out there this time (for metro NYC standards).

(Sorry, I had to shoot through the screen. The amount of snow wouldn't let me open it!)

Finally, if you need a good laugh, head over to Regina @ Chiu On This. She compiled a number of, well let's say, NYC style "Love Letters" to those who can't park. My favorite is the one with the calligraphy style handwriting.