Leap into spring!

Did you know that spring officially arrives a day early this year?  Let me guess... you thought it was a full month early based on the budding trees, mosquitoes, balmy temperatures, and occasional passing tornado.  Along with this being the warmest March on record in many parts of North America, it's also the earliest vernal equinox since 1896.  It turns out that this year spring really did arrive early, at 1:14 AM on March 20th in Michigan, which would have been March 21st if 2012 weren't a leap year, and actually was March 19th in California.

Whatever the reason, leap year, jet stream, global warming, or luck, it has been a very good early spring for running I was happy to get a quick three miles in early this morning without wearing my winter coat, and I'm looking forward to the same tomorrow.

3/20/12 - 3.0 miles | 36 min | 5.1 mph | 336 kcal