Not a good morning for running
Jun. 26th, 2009 06:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sawylHad a seriously unpleasant run this morning. Initially, my problem was that the weather was against me. A torrential storm had tracked through at about four but this had done little to improve the humidity and by five, when I hit the road, the temperatures were high to turn the rainwater into mist, make the air feel horribly close and hot.
Then, once I'd settled into a good pace and come to terms with the heat, I had managed to get hit in the eye by midge. While contacts spared me the worst of the discomfort, I still had to run three miles home with that nasty feeling that I'd got something in my eye and that it'd probably be a nightmare to find unless I got it out straight away, which I of course I couldn't do because I didn't have a mirror. Still, it's my own stupid fault for going running without glasses. I thought that, because the sun wasn't shining, I didn't need to bother wearing my sunnys, forgetting that they also kept me safe from the insects that swarm along the river in summer. Not a mistake I'm likely to repeat anytime soon.
ETA: a big gross blob of stuff feel out of the corner of my eye sometime around mid-morning and I suddenly felt a whole lot better. Yet another win for human biology, while the insect kingdom has yet to score!
Then, once I'd settled into a good pace and come to terms with the heat, I had managed to get hit in the eye by midge. While contacts spared me the worst of the discomfort, I still had to run three miles home with that nasty feeling that I'd got something in my eye and that it'd probably be a nightmare to find unless I got it out straight away, which I of course I couldn't do because I didn't have a mirror. Still, it's my own stupid fault for going running without glasses. I thought that, because the sun wasn't shining, I didn't need to bother wearing my sunnys, forgetting that they also kept me safe from the insects that swarm along the river in summer. Not a mistake I'm likely to repeat anytime soon.
ETA: a big gross blob of stuff feel out of the corner of my eye sometime around mid-morning and I suddenly felt a whole lot better. Yet another win for human biology, while the insect kingdom has yet to score!
