So first, when I asked for a cold front last week, I didn't think that my wish would be granted quite so successfully. We are in the middle of a real, honest-to-goodness cold front. In Florida, that means that the high temperature today was 66F. Yes, that's cold around these parts. It is supposed to get down to the 30s tonight, which is super cold for here. Also, the humidity is not higher than 50%. Rather than call it cold, I prefer to think of it in the following terms, 'WHOO!!!!'
If we're really lucky, some alligators might come out and sun to combat the 'cold.'
It was so temperate, in fact, that I ran in the afternoon today. Like around 2:30pm. Which is practically unheard of. Because the sun is still Mr. Florida Sun. Cold weather in no way alters that fact. It just makes it slightly more bearable. However, when I was in sunny sections with no wind, you could still feel it beating down. I feel silly writing this because despite this fact, running in the sun in mid-60s weather is one hell of a lot more enjoyable than, say, running in 90% humidity in 70+ degree weather.
There was a slight mishap today. I was running on campus at USF (I'm actually still at work) and discovered something important: not all of the sidewalks are even. Some jut upward. My shoe caught on one of these exact spots and I managed to fall pretty well. No major damage, just some nasty-looking scrapes. My favorite part of today's run was after this slight mishap when some random guy on a bike yelled, 'WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR KNEES?' and I yelled back,' I FELL.' I mean, what else do you think would have happened to my knees?
Incidentally, I learned something about weather and split times today. It was a 5-mile run and my split time was a full minute faster than recent similar distances. Plus this is adding in stop times at lights, so it was probably even better with no more perceivable effort. So for the umpteeth time, I would like to remind Irrational Me that split times are not relevant in Florida conditions!
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