The south wind doth blow!! I was SO not looking forward to this run this morning. The wind has been whipping here for the last 2 days (major storm coming in later today) and I'm feeling a little burnout. I told my husband and of course, he said not to go - ha ha! Easy for him to say who can eat all the junk he wants and still stay skinny! Besides that, I needed to go because I don't know what next week will be like. Today was probably one of the last warmer runs of the year. It was 50 degrees this morning, but next week the high's will be in the 20's and 30's - so I might as well enjoy the warm while I can! So, yes, I went this morning, and the wind was a whipping! It was coming from the south, and, since my first 5 miles are going south, I really felt it! It was one of those that you have to turn your ipod volume up just so you can hear the music over the wind, and you hope that your hat doesn't fly off! Needless to say, the first 5 miles were a little on the slow side, mostly because of the wind, partly because I was feeling sluggish. They were all about 9:15's. After I turned around at 5 miles, though, things improved a lot. Mile 6 is usually a faster one, mostly because it is a gradual downhill till the end where there is a bit of an uphill. As I came back around the corner just starting on mile 6, I noticed a bunch of people running on the other side of the road. Looked like a running group. I kept up my pace and eventually passed a whole bunch of them between mile 6 and 7. Felt pretty good ;) After mile 7, the wind started whipping again. At least it wasn't blowing at me, but sideways is still a distraction. Had the wind with me the rest of the way home. Glad it's over, let the snow fly now! :) | 