Week 2: Battling the weather
I’ve been battling against the weather this week. First, it’s been bitterly cold most mornings and those plunging temperatures bring frost and icy conditions. It wasn’t so bad on Monday, but on Tuesday, It was obvious that only the roads had been gritted, not the promenade. I had fallen over once just walking to my usual starting point, so with my route looking more like an ice rink, I had to abandon my run because it was just too dangerous.
Then on Thursday there I started my run in a light rain, which I can handle. However, this soon turned into a horrendous freezing cold shower as I tried to run around the headland. The winds are always bad around there because it is so exposed, but this time they beat me and I turned around. I still intended to complete my planned mileage along a different route, but as I got to the Sea Life Centre, about two miles in, the rain was still pounding me and the wind was not giving up.
So, again, I decided to abandon that run as well. By the time I had walked home, I was thoroughly soaked (my jacket not being waterproof enough to survive the onslaught of the rain), my jogging bottoms clinging and chilling my legs and the rest of me absolutely frozen.
I don’t really like training in winter and this week has proved just how difficult (and disappointing) it can be.