“It really wasn’t that bad,” Larson said of the frigid weather. “I think your initial first mile is always the tough mile to get moving, get the joints going, especially when you get older. It’s not fun right away, but when (your face) numbs up, it’s fun. We’re talking about life, and so you get good conversations out there so you just stop thinking about it.”
While their eyelids were frosted by the end of their run, it wasn’t the coldest temperature that they have run in.
“We ended up running from here (Aberdeen), it was about 10 miles. It was 19 below and we ran all the way back to Warner, and my wife drove us back in,” Larson said.