You must be swift as the coursing river (as long as it's the Lazy River) - comments welcome

[WillRunForPizza]

Can I just say how tired I am of the weather we've been having lately? There's the horrible humidity, and then the daily evening thunderstorms have been a real pain.

The humidity this summer has just been ridiculous. I have actually appreciated the thunderstorms because they cool off the sidewalk a bit, which is kinder to my dog's paws. But I can see how they would be less pleasant if you were trying to run then!

A few years ago, I was running the Valley Trail (not paved) in Rock Creek NP and people ran by me going in the other direction in a mustard costume and hotdog + bun costume. It was a few days off of Halloween, though, so I guessed it was a fun run related to the holiday.

Today on my hike, my husband and I passed a runner going in the other direction who had taken a twig with leaves on it and was wearing it wrapped around his head like a crown of laurels. The only thing we could think was that he was hoping it might distract the annoying insects.

Maybe I need to pay more attention to people's outfits to catch random sightings like that! Can't imagine trying to run on trails as a hot dog...

 

[avondale]

My husband and I were talking on our hike today, and we were saying we don't remember having a stormier summer for a very long time. We've been living here since 2004. We always get thunderstorms in the summer, but usually it's a few days in a row and then we get a break with just sunny weather (maybe hot) or even just a few rainy days. But this continual high humidity and daily thunderstorms over a prolonged time seems new.

A few years ago, I remember us having a lot of storms over like a month in the summer, because I actually got caught a few times in thunderstorms where I ended up calling him for a pick-up (yeah, I can't live those down), but it wasn't even all summer.

But I'm whinging again. I'm just glad I'm not trying to seriously train through this summer - between the killer T+D and the storms throwing off schedules, it would be really stressing me out.

 

[Herding_Cats]

LOVING that you are officially chasing that unicorn qualifier this year!