Baby it’s COLD outside….

The bitter cold continues in Alaska, which is making things totally miserable for those of us who love to be in the great outdoors. What makes things worse is that we are having beautiful sunny, clear days. This morning it was -15° outside…it eventually got up to -5°…lucky us. However, it won’t stop the family from celebrating tonight’s 50th Anniversary of Alaska Statehood …lots of activities scheduled downtown including the largest fireworks display in state history. I just love my state and its state song...it gives me the chills every time I hear it. (AK State Song link) Afterwards we’re going to head over to my friend Neal’s home for a HUGE bonfire…lots of wood to burn!

I had a successful 10K run at the Dome today, which was particularly busy. The University of Alaska’s cross-country and track teams were training and they flew around the track.

The huge infield hosted the Colony High School Marching Band (Palmer, AK) who was practicing for their trip to Washington, D.C. to participate in the President's Inauguration parade. Earlier in the week, the nation’s second fastest high school runner, Trevor Dunbar (Kodiak High School, Kodiak, AK - Trevor Dunbar link) showed up with his equally fast father, Marcus Dunbar (who won the national indoor mile championship in 1994)…it was a treat and a thing of beauty watching both of them lap the hell out of me. I have another 10K scheduled for tomorrow…pray it goes as well as today’s.