there's no turning back ... well, maybe just today!

Today was one of those days when the phrase, "There's no inappropriate weather, there's just inappropriate clothing!" came to mind.
I watched it snow on and off all day (and one white-out!) and I kept thinking, "Am I really gong out to walk in this at 4:15?"
Well, at 4:15 it was not snowing. It was almost sunny ... but it sure was windy!
After 6 hours of childcare in the school library during Parent Conference Day an outing was sounding pretty good - even if it meant going in the wind!
I layered. I scraped the windshield. I met up with my walking partner Patty ... and off we went. Short of the usual 1.5 turn-around spot the sun was sinking (as we had started a whole hour later than usual).
We had been watching our footing even with Yak Trax as the rural route was ice-coated. Intrepid we are (stupid we are not!). It was time to head back.
Now here's the kicker ... for months we have been walking a route measured for... wait for it... a 5K race. That's 3.1 miles folks, not 3. So every walk we actually went 1/10 of a mile further than we needed to (or had been recording).
With that in mind, we turned around (into the wind!) at what was probably 1.3 miles today. Let me tell you that upon return to our starting point (completing for what was I suppose 2.6 miles) it sure felt like a full 3 miles after facing the wind and concentrating on footing!
I am recording 3 miles today and I don't care who knows it!