Objective: An easy, "any run better than no run" run. Taper countdown 6 days. Weather: clear, mid 50's F, Northerly wind Beaufort 2-3 Abs & arms - lightly (probably last resistance session for a while)
Yes, I have dug up my Beaufort scale along with my fall clothing. The theory goes that I will get used to giving myself some kind of mental gold star for windy runs and by the time the real hurricanes come I will view them positively. I live in a place where, from October to March, we get such violent winds that the house shakes. When we were thinking about moving here, at least 4 people said to me, "Do you know about the wind?" I remember one run last winter when the wind was coming sideways at me and my upwind foot kept blowing into the other leg mid-stride. If there is something called hill repeats, is there also something like wind repeats? "Run into wind for 60 seconds, jog in reverse direction, repeat..." Enough chit chat about the weather, and back to The Wee Monday Run. We had dinner guests last night who stayed much longer than I expected. At bedtime I realized that if I did my scheduled 5 miles I was going to violate one of my cherished Taper Rules: get lots of sleep. But another rule of mine is "any run is better than no run," unless I'm sick of course, so off I went. And it was a lovely little jog.
Speaking of sick, one of our dinner guests sounded a little congested and kept going to the tissue box in the bathroom. I finally said, "Do you have a cold?" She replied "Yes, I do. But I didn't want to reschedule our dinner after we had such a hard time finding a date." Great. I had already kissed her, chatted close to her face, eaten the salad she brought. Excuse me.... I had to go scream. I'm back now. It is said that Louis Pasteur, on his deathbed, recanted one aspect of his germ theory, proclaiming, "Seed is nothing. Soil is everything." I hope my "soil" is healthy.
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