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magidI caved this morning: I walked down Charles St. rather than Storrow Dr., both because I could walk in the street (yeah, even though I'd be walking with traffic) and it would be warmer (both sunnier and less windy). The sidewalks are dicey this morning, ranging from already scraped down to surface, to bits of ice and still melting, to chunks of ice that are tricky to navigate (and what looks like snow on the edges mostly isn't, being frozen as well). The streets are clear, so walking on the edge of the street is quicker. My average stride length was much shorter than usual, my leg muscles tightening up whenever I was on ice, no matter how much I tried to stay relaxed (I have a theory about walking on ice, that given proper balance, some speed would be fine, and perhaps easier than picking my way so carefully, rather like ice skaing and skiing, but I have yet to convince my body to try it out.), so definitely a slow slog. Perhaps it's time for some Yaktrax or something similar. (Note to self: EMS carries them.)
Yesterday's shoveling meant that this morning there was a block of ice instead of sidewalk or ice atop snow. *sigh* (Plus, if $CondoNeighbor shovels another time, that's good, but doing it only half an hour after I finished? Not maximally useful.) I haven't even looked at my car. I'm not planning to use it until the weekend, so there's a chance it'll melt (I parked it in a sunny spot), and I definitely don't want to be spinning my wheels as so many others have while trying to escape their parking space.
edit, 1330: I checked around online; they run about $20. I went downstairs to City Sports, and they had them marked $18. Score! I got the Pro kind, since they were the same price as the regular, size small (This is about the only thing in which I can wear a small!). Brought them up to the register, tried to use my work pass to get a discount (for employees in the building), and didn't get it because they're on sale, for $13.50 or so. W00t! I win!
I put them on in the store, and headed out. First impressions: they're great on snow and ice; I can feel them dig in enough that I feel secure from slipping. The downside is that they're really not so good on bare pavement, so the noontime walk was a mixed bag. I wish I'd had them this morning, though.
Yesterday's shoveling meant that this morning there was a block of ice instead of sidewalk or ice atop snow. *sigh* (Plus, if $CondoNeighbor shovels another time, that's good, but doing it only half an hour after I finished? Not maximally useful.) I haven't even looked at my car. I'm not planning to use it until the weekend, so there's a chance it'll melt (I parked it in a sunny spot), and I definitely don't want to be spinning my wheels as so many others have while trying to escape their parking space.
edit, 1330: I checked around online; they run about $20. I went downstairs to City Sports, and they had them marked $18. Score! I got the Pro kind, since they were the same price as the regular, size small (This is about the only thing in which I can wear a small!). Brought them up to the register, tried to use my work pass to get a discount (for employees in the building), and didn't get it because they're on sale, for $13.50 or so. W00t! I win!
I put them on in the store, and headed out. First impressions: they're great on snow and ice; I can feel them dig in enough that I feel secure from slipping. The downside is that they're really not so good on bare pavement, so the noontime walk was a mixed bag. I wish I'd had them this morning, though.