March Manifests Its Madness

I’m sure I won’t be the only one commenting on this week’s weather whiplash. In the D.C. area March manifested its madness in a record-breaking way. I also had whiplash with another trip to Chicago—this time for less than 24 hours.

Weather forecast Wednesday (87F)! into Thursday (snow!)—
you can see the front on its way.

March Manifests Its Madness

The biggest weather whiplash happened Wednesday to Thursday. Temperatures reached the upper 80s on Wednesday. When I walked Scooby at dark-o’clock Thursday morning it was in the low 70s—but windy as heck. I wore shorts, but cut our walk short because I was being pelted by debris flying through the air. By the time I was heading to the airport (3 hours later), its was in the low 50s. When I landed in Chicago a few hours later, my husband sent me a photo of Scooby outside in the snow!

People say March weather is always crazy, but it was officially the biggest 24 hour temperature change recorded at National Airport.

Personally, the United app almost gave me whiplash as I was walking to my gate on my way to Chicago Thursday morning. I got the “time to check in” pop-up notification and literally did a double-take until I realized it was time to check in for my flight home on Friday. You know it’s a quick trip when ….

Weekly Wrap

Things were less chaotic on the fitness front but I did myself in early in the week and had to dig deep to keep at it.

Sunday I went on my first outside ride of 2026! It was in the uppers 60s and really humid. It was a great ride, but later my legs told me I overdid it with 32 miles.

Monday I didn’t exactly spring forward when my alarm went off on the first day of DST, but I did get up in time for a walk with Scooby, Peloton core class, and 30 min treadmill run. It was my first tread run in a few weeks, and a reminder that I work so much harder on the tread than just running with Scooby. 🥵

Tuesday I paired a 30 min Jess Sims strength class with a 15 min Hannah F. climb ride. Those classes prove you can get a good workout in a short window.

Wednesday I braved the dark to enjoy the unseasonably warm weather and 4.3 miles running with Scooby.

Thursday I treated myself to a longer workout before heading to Chicago knowing I wouldn’t have time to workout on Friday before heading home. After walking Scooby, I did a Peloton core class, an upper body strength class, and then the Peloton 45 min International Women’s Day ride co-led by 6 instructors from the London and NYC studios.

Friday I did the same 10 min Peloton walk I did last week while trekking from the same TSA checkpoint to the same Starbucks by gate C17. I got pretty lucky on Friday the 13th—I arrived at the airport with just enough time to catch an earlier flight home and scored the last free first class upgrade—enjoying my premier status while it lasts! I honestly wasn’t excited about trading my Economy Plus exit row seat for a  first class bulkhead seat—there’s really no service perks on such a short flight—but it was nice to be one of the first off the plane. Once again, I had no issues with TSA delays at DCA or ORD, but was glad to have the TSA touchless ID because the TSA pre-check line at ORD was pretty long.

Saturday I was back home for a breezy March run with Scooby. I did the same route as last week with an extra loop around the park to hit 6 miles.

Needed that light vest to fend off the wind!

A huge thank you to Deborah and Kim for hosting the Weekly Run Down link up.

Did you have mad March weather this week?