Running for your life - part 3

For newcomers the start of this story:

Running for your life

As I descend down easy street the wind has picked up so much that it is slicing through me like a knife. Even though there is no steam on my breath it's bitterly cold.

The best part about running at this time in the morning is the quiet and lack of people or traffic.

One lady running from the other direction has a torch strapped to her shoe so she can see where she is going, I stumble on.

Then I come to a part where there are these dark shadows cast across the path, or so I thought. These shadows are brushing my legs until I realise I have run off the path and into some low bushes. But I really thought I was on the path, so I stagger back over to the path. Who knows? I am guessing. But suddenly I break out onto a well lit path (I couldn't really call it well lit but at least it was more visible).

Then joy of all joys the very same man I saw at the beginning of my run appears. YAY! I have a witness! Now no-one can say that I didn't run this morning. Although I don't think he would make a good witness as he still seems very absorbed in his music.

"I'm sorry your honour but I did not see this gentlemen running around the Bay, I was alone that morning with my music".

I sprint up the 19 steps with a young woman coming down the middle and did not make way for me to come up those steps. What is it with some people?

I am only about 1.5 kilometres from the end of my run. This has been my coldest run EVER!

The last part of the Bay they have been widening the path to give more room to the cyclists who seem to use the Bay as a race track. I should really complain to council...

Then I get a blast, my African/Australian friend comes running towards me and yells out a hearty good morning. I manage to acknowledge and ask the obligatory "How are you" I don't hear a reply but I am guessing he said "Good!".

Finally this ordeal is over and I slow to a walk and put my frozen hands into my tracksuit pockets to freeze my upper thighs. I am not sure how my nose is holding up, it's too cold.

Then miracles of miracles, within 10 minutes my hands are warm and when I touch my face there appears to be an appendage there and it's hot.

This is the benefit of running, blood is being pumped into every part of your body and well oxygenated blood so your body comes alive and gone is bad circulation.

I go home to a hot (luke warm) shower and still manage a half hour rest until I have to leave the house.

You know what this means don't you?

Yep, I definitely have to run tomorrow morning so I can use my tracker.

Finally this is what my tracker tells me Friday morning which it could have told me Thursday morning.

So there you have it my friends, another run completed.

Only you can keep your spirits high.