Maybe the coldest day of the winter if you factor in the wind chill. Fourteen degrees and 20-25 + miles per hour out of the NNW was enough to shrink any violet. But not me.
Parked at 204th and Harrison and did repeat 2.75 mile runs West and then back East. Predominant cross wind the whole time, turning the other cheek every quarter.
I would never suggest that someone is less of an athlete if they choose to do their winter running on a treadmill. Does it make me more of an athlete (relative to me personally) if I choose to go outside though? I tell myself it does and that is the motivation to get out and battle these elements. “Its your thing, do what you want to do.”
Have been getting some happy reports that Gary Julin is out of the extended care facility and back living with his sister. He’s making the occasional appearance at his favorite Panera and is said to be looking stronger every day.
Jeff Jacob has submitted a guess as to the mystery athlete featured in Wednesday’s column. He figured out it is an international athlete and posed that it might be Ian Stewart of Great Britain. Getting warm.
Today’s hint: He ran in the 1980 Olympic 5000. He worked at Boystown for at least one year. He was second to Jeff Wells at the 1995 Brazosport Run For The Arts 10 Miler I put on back in Texas. If no one gets it today I’ll reveal in tomorrow’s column.
Our mystery runner not only bears a striking resemblance to Rod Stewart but has a voice that has convinced many that they were in Mod Rod’s presence. He crooned “Have I Told You Lately That I Love You” to a packed bar in Lake Jackson, Texas in 1995. He also earned the reputation as one of the most prodigious beer drinkers on the circuit back in the 1980s and 1990s.
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