Well it finally happened; it got really cold here. OK, so it didn’t just happen, but it’s finally effected me. I went for a long run last week with my brother. It wasn’t super long for him, but it was for me, and the longest I’d ever run non-stop. Well tonight, I was ready to get back into my routine, so I decided I’d do it again. I knew it was cold, so I bundled up and headed out. I hadn’t run this route before, so I didn’t realize it was pretty much uphill the entire route until the very end, where it was a steep downhill run. That wouldn’t have been very satisfying to run uphill all that way and not get to enjoy a long downhill, so instead of calling it good, I turned around at the peak and doubled my distance. That was all good until I hit this wide open part (I’m in the burbs – no trees sometimes) and was hit straight in the face with a 17 to 28mph wind. When I finally got home I checked the temp and it said it felt like 22 degrees and confirmed the wind speeds. All I can say is this weather is ridiculous; completely ridiculous. It’s way out of line.
So now I’ve finally warmed up a bit and can use my fingers effectively enough to ramble for a couple paragraphs on this blog. I tried to keep it short, because really, who wants to read all about my run tonight? Anyway, I also played around with some new close-up filters I got; they fit my 50mm, so they’re perfect! Check these out. They’re a little soft, but what do you expect? First one is with the lightest magnification, second one is all three stacked, and the third is what I believe to be just my 50.
