#Run 73 – The Please Don’t Go Run Rehashed

It was raining, which meant going running would require getting all
wet. Can you imagine! How horrible! Getting wet! So obviously the run
was cancelled. However, Mr Awesome (as I lack an official name, I will
henceforth refer to myself as “Mr Awesome” [this won’t last for long -DS) repeatedly claimed that
rain does not prevent one from running, and on this basis Acronymph
agreed to set a trail, accompanied by some others.
And so, despite earlier misgivings, a small crowd did in fact set off
into the rain. This group consisted of Mr Awesome, Bestiality, 7-Up,
and Creature Comforts. We proceeded to get wet. 7-Up held an umbrella
the whole way, but despite this still looked quite damp. Perhaps needs
to try a bigger umbrella next time.
I ran off in front and before long missed a turning – it’s hard to
tell the difference between a patch of soggy flour which means
“straight on” and a patch of soggy flour which means “turn left”. The
others soon caught up and we milled about for a bit. Flour/milled,
that’s almost a joke, haha. Yes. Then we found the turning, ran up
lots of stairs, all very pretty. Ran down the other side of whatever
hill it was we had just ran up. Missed another turning, milled around
a bit more, found the trail again. Then proceeded to run past the
starting point to begin on a second lap, until 7-Up pointed out we
were repeating ourselves.
7-Up claimed that Mr Awesome was “not a good leader”, as though
running at the front somehow makes one personally responsible for any
and all problems experienced when interpreting soggy flour. Luckily
however she could not turn this into a drinking offence, as on
returning to the cafe we did not stand around in the rain downing beer
and singing lovely songs. Instead we glady entered the warm and dry.
Here we sat and listened to Torvill repeatedly give a rousing speech
on the truly awe-inspiring graduate careers offered by some company no one remembers the name of. The Chinese members of the group in particular
were most impressed, and gave much encouragement. Jolly good!
onon – –  James