Running through a hurricane

Yesterday Hurricane Kyrill wrecked havoc as it swept through Europe, leaving at least 20 dead in its aftermath. News services were doing a good job all day of scaring the daylights out of the good citizens in my area, half of the people at my wife’s work went home early. What most people in my area apparently didn’t consider is that we rarely get the severity of any storm that passes through.

Anyway, I got home a little later than normal because my wife and I had to stop at the bank to sign some paperwork. Outside was quite windy, but there were no trees flying through the air or anything, so I said to my wife that I was going for a run. Her only response was “Stay out of the woods” and later as I opened the door to leave: “Remember me” which is her way of saying “Remember that I am home worrying about you, so keep the run short and if you do something dumb like run in the forest and a tree falls on you and you don’t die instantly then I will kill you for making me worry so much!”

Anyway, I decided to run a couple loops around the neighboring fields which would keep me out of the forest. The wind blew the whole time, with sudden gusts that felt like a slap on the back. However the only stretch that was out of the ordinary was a 5 minute parts where I was running directly into the wind. When the gusts of wind would come along it felt like all of the air was being sucked out of my lungs. Other then that I had the wind pushing from behind or against the side, in other words, no problem.

It was kind of strange not to see anyone else out, usually I pass dozens of people walking their dogs, walking, running, whatever – I didn’t see a sole. What would these people do if a real storm came along…

I ran for just over an hour, probably around 11K/7M, and felt good enough afterward to have run a few more loops. But alas my wife’s words, “Remember” me” kept ringing in my ears so I headed back to home base. Have a nice weekend!