I ran the longest training run of 20 miles yesterday afternoon. The temperature when I left was 55 degrees with a 29 mph wind from the north. As I left my house and headed north, I knew I was in for a challenge. The wind was STRONG. For a brief moment, I considered going home and delaying my run until Saturday. However, the weather in Fargo could be windy on race day and I was going to have to deal with it. I saw this meme and thought about my run yesterday. One very soft person is writing this post today because the weather was a beast and I was tired. At the 17 mile mark, I was spent. The last three miles were spent alternating running and walking. Some days are good days... some days are not. During my run I was able to snap a few photos, a running safari as Missee has put it in another post. I sprinted (fast jogged) to the lion water fountain desperately looking for some water. To my disappointment, the water has not been turned on yet in the park. I will have to stop again later. It was a warmer day than I had expected. I slathered my face with sunblock and even reapplied sunblock along my route. It is a good thing that I did because my arms and legs were sunburned. It was only 55 degrees. On Thursday we were huddled up in blankets at my daughters track meet and on Friday I was getting a sunburn. Weather in Minnesota... I ended up my 20 miler with a 9:58 per mile average. (I did not stop my watch at any water, bathroom, or energy gel breaks.) It was not a fun run, but running is still fun.
Happy Running! -Stephanie
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Missee
4/29/2018 09:06:28 pm
Perham also has one of those cool lion water fountains...so much for fun that the stainless steel ones on the wall at school. Also, I believe the man who said the quote about the soft people owns Nike. I'd bet he just wants to make people feel bad about giving into the weather and sell more jackets and water resistant clothing :-)
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