Team Vardo

My training group from this summer has continued to run since the end of the program in early October. They are still meeting about twice a week (or more) for group runs. It's great because it's such a great group of people and it gives me a group to continue to train with on a regular basis. The funny thing is, they decided to name the group Team Vardo! I even learned tonight that there is now a Team Vardo website and there will soon be Team Vardo t-shirts!

I met Team Vardo this morning (8-10 people and 2 dogs) at 7am for a run at Ada Hayden Park in Ames. The weather was very mild this morning (relative to what one would expect out of November in Iowa) at about 50-55 degrees. We did 2 figure-eight's of the quarry for a total of 10K.

This afternoon I settled in on the sofa to watch the IM Hawaii "re-play." About 30 minutes into it, the local TV station started breaking in with weather reports. After cutting in and out for another 15 minutes, they just took over because there were multiple tornados popping up all over the area, including 3-4 within just a few miles of here. Instead of watching the IM show, I had to head to the basement after the sirens were going off. I was glad I was at home and not at the Iowa State tailgate...

They had to evacuate the stadium and get everyone up the road and into Hilton Coliseum while the lightning and wind was getting crazy all over the place. To top it off, the game was sold out, so there were tons of people to deal with. There was some talk of some damage, but it will be tomorrow morning before we know the extent of it all. Who would have thought: temps in the 60's and tornados in November?