Meyrick Jones Racing: Deep Freeze

"wise guys" quote:

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

- Theodore Roosevelt, speech titled "Citizen in a Republic" delivered at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910

Everything you need is already inside.

- Bill Bowerman, co-founder of Nike, legendary coach, and father of the running movement.

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Deep Freeze

Crazy weather here...

A winter storm has moved in and there were 30cms of snow last night... you could see it coming down in the pictures I posted last night.

Now the temperature is dropping like a rock. It is currently -16°c (3°F) and it is predicted that by tomorrow it could be closer to -30°c (-22°F.)

This presents some issues for tonight's race. If the temperature is -20°c (-4°F) or lower, the race will be cancelled. I have heard that if it is close the race jury all stand beside the thermometer and breathe on it to get the -19°c (-2°F) they need to put on the race. Just kidding.... sort of.....

So, at this point it is up in the air. I am pretty sure we'll be racing though. Which means there will be more frozen snot than you can shake a stick at...

Since I had no pictures of my own frozen snot, I googled the term and came up with these: