“Will we run this evening?” they said. “It will be a grand night and good for us.”
Sweet Lord, with a wind from the North that originates somewhere near Lapland it could be absolutely Baltic out there.
I bet Santa would love wind like this in 2 weeks time to drive him on. He would have the whole business wrapped up in no time and home early for the dinner.
I honestly think there is Spanish and Mediterranean blood in me somewhere. No DNA here with the hordes of Vikings or the Celtic Tribes who came across from Northern Europe. My gang slipped up the West Coast from near Bilbao along the Bay of Biscay and landed in the West Coast of Ireland a few hundred years ago.
“Throw on a few layers”, they said and “you will be fine.
Layers, Layers… I will have about 15 layers on. Have you ever seen an onion running? I bet not.
If my woolly cap is well down around my ears and my neck warmer pulled up then there will only be a small strip of flesh about an inch wide across my face exposed. My family wouldn’t even recognize me like this.
I wonder would anyone know I was wearing 2 pairs of socks? I could loosen the laces on my shoes.
I don’t do well in the cold, maybe in a previous life I lived in the Sub-Sahara and was running for Kenya or Ethiopia.
And don’t get me started on my skin condition. Between the cold and the wind chill my moisturizing routine will need a radical overhaul after this. Blotchy cheeks isn’t a good look for party season however a Big Red Nose may be a touch seasonal.
Part 2.... 😃 Wossie
Run finished, showered and changed. Sitting, relaxing in front of the fire with a cuppa.
Great night out there. I was lifting. Not sure about some of the others and all the moaning and groaning. A pack of Wossies.
I’m a 100% Hard Man able for anything the weather throws at me. Nothing gets the better of me, nor have any doubts ever crossed my mind.
Running in the heat sometimes can be hard but with the cold no fear of overheating or dehydrating is just the business.
Some said they were a bit dubious about the weather and wondering should they even go for a run.
Never ever would I entertain such negative or silly thoughts.
#pwr
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