Everyone Knows It’s Windy

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Who’s tripping down the streets of the city
Smilin’ at everybody she sees
Who’s reachin’ out to capture a moment
Everyone knows it’s Windy

 

Um…No smiling today, but I certainly must have been tripping when I thought about running today in gale force winds with a jogging stroller.  

 

As most of my running friends will tell you, I am a Florida cry baby.  I loathe running in temperatures below 60 degrees and I truly hate running on windy days.  Today was one of those windy, cold snap Florida days.  

 

At my usual running time, the temperature was a balmy 54 degrees.  Since my training schedule dictated a short 3 mile run, I decided to let the day warm up a bit and run in the afternoon.  That meant I would have to run with my 3 year old in a jogging stroller, which is by no means an easy task on a windy day.  The jogging stroller caught the wind like a sail and offered more resistance training than I planned or even wanted.  My average pace was 11:38 and I finished in a pathetic 39:11.

 

Tomorrow, I will just have to put on my big girl panties and suck it up deal with for a 6 mile run in the cold weather.  Besides, I need to learn to train in cold weather as there is no way to predict what the weather will be like on any given race day, especially in January.

 

I just looked at tomorrow’s forecast.  At 6 am, it will be 44 degree with a feels like of 39 degrees.  Time to invest in some earmuffs.  I can only hope it will be too cold for the scary sewer clown.

 

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About the author

Denise
From start to finish, Denise is Run DMT, a Tampa Bay homeschooling mom on the run trying to maintain an easy pace through it all between races and raising three beautiful, brilliant adultish kids (ages 23, 19, 14). In 2007, I discovered a passion for running and in February 2015, I completed my tenth marathon. I continue to train for a variety of races and even host annual 5K. In 2023, I became a certified group fitness instructor and teach P.E. in my homeschool co-op.

One comment

  1. morethananelectrician says:

    I grew up running in Michigan, but it is much easier since I have moved south a bit.

    Since I started using a Garmin405, I have found that running is so much better when I can look down and see my pace and distance every minute instead of trying to figure it out in my head.

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