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February 4, 2006

Blown Away

We're seeing some record-high winds here in Seattle today - gusts up to 60 mph. It's crazy. The 520 floating bridge has been closed, trees are falling over, and people are worried that they're going to lose electricity before the Superbowl tomorrow.

So, naturally, I decided to go running.

(What can I say? It's not like I've had a lot of time to run this week, and at least it wasn't raining.)

Richard, Elaine and I hit Greenlake around 3:30 to get do a lap. The strength of the wind was unbelievable - running into the stuff felt like I was moving through water. And if I had the misfortune to be perpendicular to the wind, my leg would be blown around whenever I'd take it off the ground (to, you know, move forward).

The lake looked like it was boiling - choppy and wild, with large, angry waves crashing over the concrete retaining walls and sending spray everywhere.

That said, the run wasn't too bad. The lake wasn't deserted, exactly, but it was pretty sparse. And for my part, I didn't even make it around once - it was just too challenging to keep moving against the wind. (1 time around = 2.8 miles. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.)

Weather permitting, we're trying it again tomorrow.

UPDATE, March 12, 2006: One or more of the original hyperlinks on this page expired, and has been dereferenced. The hyperlinked text is now underlined.

Posted by Gavin Shearer at February 4, 2006 6:14 PM. Posted to Fitness.

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