My Journey With Health And Fitness – What Is Going On With This Weather?

Finally, I had a decent sleep last night for the first time in over a week. I woke up this morning feeling pretty good so I was even able to get several hours of work done and have nearly finished what I had wanted to accomplish before Friday. It’s amazing what you can do when you are rested and are able to focus.

Yesterday morning I was quite excited when I got up because the weather looked pretty good so I though great, I can do a nice walk to the beach and back. I layered up in the appropriate training jackets and off I went. It was lovely and just the right temperature out to walk at a pretty good clip (note I started out at 6:00am). I was quite happy when I got home and so after rehydrating and resting for a bit I set off at 8:30am to walk up town to meet with my walking group. I was wearing the same layers of clothes and it wasn’t very long until I was thinking hey, it is kind of cold out. It was definitely several degrees cooler than it was when I got home at 7:00am from the first walk. By time I had coffee with the walking group and we set off the wind had kicked up and it was freezing!! Fortunately my husband had a hoodie stored in the back of my SUV so I wrapped myself up in that. Still it was not a fun walk.

In the late afternoon I do my volunteer dog walking. I watched as the afternoon progressed and the weather just seemed to be getting worse. What the hell, I actually had to pull out my heavy rain slicker because it was just teeming out there. Of course the wind was still coming through with gusts making it even less pleasant. Even the dog was struggling with the weather so she made it clear to me after she had done her business it was time for her to go home. Then today I couldn’t figure out whether I should walk to my volunteer event or not and eventually after checking my weather app multiple times I decided it wasn’t worth the risk of getting half way there and a downpour starting.

I just don’t understand what is going on with the weather. Usually by April 1st each year I have turned off our furnace. Today I actually had to turn on the gas fireplace because it was quite chilly in our house. Now I see that when I am out walking the dog this afternoon there is a chance of thunderstorms! With my luck that is exactly what will happen when I start that walk. Sigh, it is still 12 days until Mexico and I can’t wait to get there just so that my feet can finally be warm.

Ok, I know, next I’ll be complaining it is too hot to be running and training in Mexico but at least it will be sunny. I’ve decided if I can always find a work around during the bad weather at home, I can find one there as well.