Mother Nature Watts

Woke to a howling wind out of the east...  putting the garbage out, what? damn that's a mighty fine tailwind now.

Checked the radar earlier and saw a big clear spot around PVD with rain on either side.  Damn I got a window AND I HAVE A TAIL WIND.

Tailwinds are free mother nature watts.

Of course I started reading the NYTimes link that Timmie tweeted this morning so instead of leaving with no rain from my house to the CT border... well I think the window closed. I didn't check the radar before leaving so it was a bit of a shock hitting outside at one point and feeling a few drops of rain.  Damnit.

But man that tailwind felt good.  Wow.  HONKING.

My wife left just after I did.  On a normal day if we leave at the same time and she makes the school drop i get up to the part of the path along the Parkway just before she does.  No drop off today.  Full max HR TT interval right out of the gun with the tailwind.  Days like today would be nice to commute with something bigger than a 46x12.

Saw two other regular runners.  no walkers, and one bike commuter with the reverse commute to mine.  All of them headed into the wind.

As I was coming up the hill along the first parking lot I saw a line of cars, lights on, a bit of mist in the air, couldn't ID the minivan, but the hill sometimes takes a bit of attention away, the burning legs the attempt to just go up and carry speed, looked up and oh hey...  There she goes!  I WON!  (well that race at least).

By the time I got down to the new road the wind had shifted... WTF?  COME ON! Headwind.  Man.

I went from feeling like a PRO to instant SCHMO until I made the turn around the Fuji plant.

Oh hey. What's this? A tailwind all the way down Angel? Fuck YEAH.  Back to feeling like a Pro over the bridge and down the road with the cars.

Boom. That was fun.

But with the wind shift full on pelting rain started.  Not dry. Oh well. Rain didn't dampen that fun.

Now I have to figure out what to do for lunch.  There was enough hanging out in the fridge and with soccer and dance both of us going in different directions all night well, leftovers worked.  AKA not enough lunch in the fridge for 4.  for 2, yes, but those two take priority.  Anyone wanna grab lunch in the 'hood drop me a line!

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