Wild Weather

Now, a little bit of rain doesn't put me off running  :)  I'm not quite so keen to go out in a downpour, but the cool and wet start to the summer quite suits me.  I find heat, especially the humid kind, a killer.

So I was quite happy on my "long" (7 miles) run this week to go out after a deluge on an off-roader.  Only problem was that in the mild, wet weather, the nettles had grown chest-high.  And then flopped over the path in the rain.  I don't mind a few nettle stings, but they were draped across the path at above knee height for about half a mile; it was like trying to run in knee-high water.  I came home with my legs solidly stung all over, with blood dripping off from brambles.  Two days later, my legs are now tingling, rather than buzzing. Who knows? Perhaps it'll ward off arthritis in years to come.