Stopping Traffic

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Yesterday morning RF and I donned enough layers to get out and run in the single digit temperatures. It was cold, but I still think last weekend, with the ice, wind and rain, may have been tougher. RF and I had gone to the start of the Securian Frozen 1/2 Marathon to cheer on another friend. We wanted to see him at the start, go for our own run, and come back to see him at the finish. It was so icy that morning, however, that we didn’t think we could reasonably run on the sidewalks, so to at least get out of downtown St. Paul, we decided to run down the road, a tad behind the half marathon runners. Within the first block, we knew we had to get off the course. We likely looked like runners who were just slow getting to the start line so as we trotted down Jackson, the policemen at the intersections stopped traffic. Knowing we weren’t a part of the half marathon, we did feel bad and quickly rerouted. I now at least can say I’ve stopped traffic.