The Five Stages of February

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Jon Waldron

Denial

Spring is just around the corner.
February was snowy last year, so it won’t be snowy this year.
There is no scientific evidence that a rodent can predict the duration of the seasons.

Anger

Oh, you went to Florida for a week? How nice. May you be soaked back to your childhood by the salty, cresting slush of a thousand snow plows.

Bargaining

A core workout in the family room is almost like running, right?
Maybe if I bribe my neighbor with cookies, he will let me use his snow blower.

Depression

It has always been winter.
It will always be winter.
It will always be winter and there will be nothing on TV but curling and ice dancing.

Acceptance Sarcasm

Is it snowing again? I hadn’t noticed.

About Jon Waldron

Running and Racing have been important parts of my life for as long as I can remember. I ran Track and Cross Country at Amherst HS, back in the day, and am proud to have been training and competing with the Cambridge Sports Union (CSU) for more than thirty years. If my bones hold out, I hope to continue for another thirty. Sixteen years ago, I began coaching, first as an Asst. Coach at Newton North HS in Newton, MA, and for the past ten years, as Head Track and Cross Country Coach at Concord Academy in Concord, Massachusetts. I've been writing about running for almost as long as I've been running, dating back to high school, when I would write meet summaries for the Amherst Record for about $0.33 per column inch. I've been blogging about running since 2005, and began blogging at "the runner eclectic" in 2014. Until recently I also had a day job, working full-time as a Technical Product Manager for Nuance Communications, based in Burlington, MA. But I am now on what might turn out to be a permanent sabbatical. Thank you for reading my blog, and please consider leaving a comment.

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2 Responses to The Five Stages of February

Robin says:

February 23, 2014 at 3:08 pm

Here’s the rebuttal:

Each week we are gaining ten minutes of daylight in the morning, and another ten minutes of daylight in the afternoon.

The Olympics closing ceremony is happening even as I type, and we can pay full attention to spring training.

The past two days of rain and thaw have cleared the roads — long run outdoors today!

Only five days until March, less than four weeks until March 21, and just over five weeks until April

As for Florida, just wait until July and that lovely run at 6 a.m. when it’s 60 degrees, and pity those to the south who have to run in the gym where the A/C is on, One can always put on more layers but there is a limit to what one can take off.

… and while on my run, I saw two robins.

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Robin says:

February 23, 2014 at 4:44 pm

(loved the post and laughed out loud)

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