weather (morning)
2018: 60 degrees / rain
2019: 72 degrees / dew point — 69
2020: 59 degrees
2021: 73 degrees / humidity – 74%
2022: 75 degrees
sept 20, 2018 / 4.2 miles / 60 degrees, rain
In 2018 on september 20th, I got stuck in the rain and I didn’t mind. As part of that entry, I made a list of 15 ways I experienced water:
10+ types of water experienced
- soft, steady rain falling straight down
- rain collecting on the bill of my visor, always a single drop sitting in the corner of my peripheral vision
- a soaked shirt sticking to my stomach
- soggy shoes and socks
- huge puddles on the sidewalk on the way to the river, hard to run around, hard to leap over
- wet, slick leaves on the path, not slippery just saturated
- drops playing a constant downbeat on the trees grass dirt….I wondered as I ran: is rain always steady, in 4/4 time? Anyone ever heard triplets or a 16th note rest?
- running too close to the edge of the path and getting a face full of wet branch
- water dripping on my head, dripping through my visor, mixing with the sweat on my forehead
- spray from my very wet ponytail
- tiny drops of rain landing on my watch face
- cold wet legs shoulders fingers
- car wheels whooshing by
- the river, a contemplative blue
- only one quick break from the unrelenting rain: running under the Lake Street bridge
I enjoyed running in the rain. Mostly because it was cooler but also because it was different and unusual. I felt a kinship with the 2 or 3 other runners I encountered, we the weirdos willing to wade through the water-soaked path in order to run outside.
sept 20, 2022 / 2. 5 miles / 75 degrees
On sept 20, 2022, I posted this good reminder from Ron Padgett in “How to Be Perfect“: