Yesterday I went to Brasil and did a Paula
Went for a run in the Italian countryside yesterday and found out that:
- people do not run here. Either that, or my fly was undone, which would explain why people kept staring at me.
- Running on a treadmill in an air-conditioned gym is far, far easier. And it wasn't even hot.
- Some people have set up fully equipped kitchens in their garages. I asked why. It's to keep the kitchen upstairs spotless. Freaks.
- The stretch of wilderness that used to run between my village and the next one, nicknamed "Brasil" because, as a seven-year-old one could get lost in its jungle-like tangledness (not that I did, mind you), is now reduced to a couple of sorry bushes behind which I had a mid-run wee.
- Timing the final stretch of the run with the very moment people got out of Sunday mass was a stroke of genius. There's nothing as exhilarating as feeling like the village heathen. Next time I'll wear shorts with a red tail sticking out.
- Stretching properly before running is essential. I forgot. My body is reminding me today.