Happy spring, indeed

At least the bad stuff rolls in after I get my shitty 22-miler in the books. Long story short, if I were to be a homicide victim, the ideal death would be strangulation by my IT bands. They were inflamed at 18 miles, dipped in concrete by 19, so really I ran 19 miles and walked the last three. Somehow I'll get through the marathon in 27 days -- I always do. It'll just be as painful as every one before.

Anyway, here's what's going down in the Cowboy State today.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
434 AM MDT MON MAR 23 2009

A MAJOR EARLY SPRING STORM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
AND STRONG WINDS TO THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT
.A INTENSE SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL
ROCKIES TODAY AND THEN EAST AND OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS
STATES BY SUNRISE TUESDAY MORNING.  THE STORM SYSTEM WILL
PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS
OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
THROUGH TONIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL RESULT OVER
MUCH OF THAT AREA CREATING
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.
WYZ059-060-064>070-232200-
/O.CON.KCYS.BZ.W.0002.090323T1200Z-090324T1200Z/
CONVERSE-NIOBRARA-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY-
LARAMIE RANGE-PLATTE-GOSHEN-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-PINE BLUFFS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...GARRETT...
LARAMIE...BUFORD...HORSE CREEK...WHEATLAND...GUERNSEY...
TORRINGTON...CHEYENNE...PINE BLUFFS
434 AM MDT MON MAR 23 2009

BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT TUESDAY
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT TUESDAY.
SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER ALL OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING BY 8 AM AND
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT
TIMES TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18
INCHES IN EAST CENTRAL WYOMING WITH UP TO 20 INCHES IN
THE NORTHERN LARAMIE RANGE. FIVE TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW WILL
ACCUMULATE OVER THE REST OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING BY SUNRISE
TUESDAY. ALSO...NORTH WINDS WILL BE GUSTING 45 TO 55 MPH
WHICH WHEN COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA.
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG
WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH
YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. FOR
SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA
...PLEASE DIAL 5 1 1.