It’s another windy day in the country. We are having 25+ mph winds with gusts up to 40 mph……or so weatherbug says. I’m a “big” girl and was blown all over the road today. It won’t be getting better for a long time so I need to stop being a wuss buckle down a bit as I’m apparently too soft from running the trails all summer with the protection of the trees. And since I was running my roads today there won’t be lots of beautiful pics but I did stop and take some anyhow. 
The beginning of the run heads south and the wind was coming almost full on from the south so I only made it about three miles before bailing on to my friend Nicki’s road just in case I needed a ride blew away. 
Then I looped around Nicki’s house again in case I changed my mind for safety reasons. 
Due to our location which is out in the middle of NOWHERE very rural but also accessible to some major roads, we have a lot of blind bridges, turns and overpasses. This makes running any amount of distance almost impossible without eventually approaching one of these dangerous intersections. Of course, I could always run in a circle around a 4 or 6 mile “section” but basically, I can’t run past my house (or my car) more than one time or I whimp out go inside and cut the run short.
So I manged to get it in today but it wasn’t easy. I used some time management skills that backfired. Hate it when a good plan goes bad. How do you manage to get it all in…..kids, house, life, work, and “hobby”? Let me know cuz some days I struggle!
10.2 miles – 1:39.49 – Do I get a wind handicap? Multiple stops for photos, stepped off road 1x for two large pieces of farm equipment that took up entire road, stopped 2x for busy road crossings, and stopped 1x on busy road to get further off edge as I thought I was going to die get hit.
“Run”way Fashion – last year’s Athleta Hopkinton Top, Hot Choc WIND BREAKER, and Skirt Sport tights.
Run Happy…..You never know what kind of shit will hit the fan when you step back into the house reality.
Amanda – TooTallFritz
TooTallFritz 
Woo-hoo, 1:39, ya sister ya get the wind-handicap and then some…hills to boot…can see that lay of the land in some of those pics. Struggle ya say? It’s all a struggle to run, but when ya get er done, ya feel oh-so fine, no matter what the time. You’s catching on TTF, but must confess, that end picture don’t look like a lady struggling, but one feeling fine! Haa….yah…yah…yah my sweet little sister, doing fine, big wind, even better. Only makes ya stronger, ya? Rock-on sister!