Headwinds & Chafing = Good Times

When I got home from work I had a bad feeling about the weather so I looked at the weather channel and it confirmed my fear, storms a comin'. So I hurried up my prerun routine and laced up quick and went for it. It was already windy, about 20kph from the east and around 7C. I picked a 12k route that took me down through Beacon Hill Park, to the ocean. That is where I met the first serious headwind, wtf? It was like running in place, I felt like I had no forward momentum at all. Now one thing for you non runners out there, the wind has a strange effect of evaporating the moisture off your skin but mercilessly leaving the salt, which can sometimes have a sandpaper type effect to the tender skin between your thighs. So as the wind dried my skin, the beginning of the wonderful chafing effect took over. At about 9k, I knew I was doomed to trying to keep my legs apart best I could to mitigate the effects of the broken glass between them. I slowed considerably because of it too. But I did finish and thankfully it wasn't 13k. 1:02:59 ~ 12km, 5:13 km pace. Dispite the annoyance and the wind, I kept pretty close to my goal of running 5:20's. Wish me luck friends, this is the first week of my "sandwich training", no not something to do with bread and butter but doing two hard or long workouts back to back with a day of rest before and after them. Peace.