BOO Headwind! YEAH Tailwind!

There is absolutely nothing in this world, I have decided, that is quite as frustrating as running into a strong headwind. For anyone who has never experienced this, try and imagine jogging nicely along while someone pushes on your chest. That's sort of what it is like.  So frustrating. It cripples you. It almost feels like you are going up hill, but as you look around you think to yourself, nope, this is definitely flat! Now given, today's run was an out and back, so I had the tailwind to look forward to. But seriously, when the first two miles feel like you've been pulling bricks, it's hard to imagine the relief that will come.

Fortunately, it did. And when it did. . . Hallelujah! (Just a side note, I had NO idea how to spell that, but from the kitchen without writing it down, Tracy nailed it on the first try! She should rock the Spelling Bee.) When I finally made my turn at mile three, I wasn't exactly excited about the next half. When I suddenly looked up and noticed that the second half had already gone down to being the last quarter though, my spirits went soaring! Pulling bricks turned into being pulled and I loved it! Needless to say, a great and very encouraging way to end a prep run for tomorrow's 14 miler down the Silver Strand. And as I say that, I may just have to look up the weather and see what time the wind will be picking up tomorrow. That area is notorious for windy conditions.

Before I sign off, just one more thing. A few days ago, on my water taxi, I transported a few very nice gentleman with his bike.  We were discussing just that - the conditions and the head wind on the Strand. He tried to inform me that riding a bike into a head wind was harder than running into one? I don't know if he recognized the look I was giving him, but it was the one that said you must have fallen off your bike and bumped your head. Seriously, I would argue that until I am blue. How could it possibly be more difficult? You have gears! You have mechanical aid pushing you along! If anyone could enlighten me, I'm open to your arguments. But if I get nothing, then we know, runners are hard core.


A few facts about Diabetes:

Diabetes doubles your risk for heart attack and stroke.
Every 20 seconds.  That's how often someone is diagnosed with Diabetes.  In the next 24 hours, 4,320 new cases of Diabetes will be diagnosed.
24 million children and adults in the United States live with Diabetes.  That's roughly 8% of the population.
1 in 3 American children born today will develop Diabetes if current trends continue.