Day 136 – EU – Croatia [Igrane to Ploce]

07/07/20

37km

  From Igrane (Croatia) to Ploce (Croatia)

Europe

Anything but routine! Got up to 100kph wind gusts and delayed the start till it was safe to head out the door

That was quite unexpected! I do check the weather forecast everyday, looking 5 days ahead in general, from at least 2 different sources (Accuweather and Google weather app). Well I can report that both of them miserably failed to predict the almighty angry wind that blew from 2 am till midday today!

I got woken up at 2am by the infernal racket of the wind slapping the window blinds against the frame outdoors. I didn’t think much of it, attached everything back in place so it wouldn’t slam and got back to sleep. But as I headed out at 5:30am, I got shocked at the strength of the wind. No sooner had I exited the counter-alley of the flat that I got literally swiped to the side and BoB the stroller got turned 90 degrees in a wink, out of my hands.

I promptly headed back indoors and waited there, reading a book (and checking WindGuru) until I could tell the frequency and strength of the wind gusts had gone down. It’s lucky that today was a “small” day of running at only 37km. I hit the road at 10am and made my way to Ploce just after 2pm, on time for lunch.

As I ran downhill towards Ploce it started raining, the sky was grey and low, temperatures were cooling down. I opened Google Weather App. It read: Ploce, 28 degrees, Sunny (no mention of wind or rain – just the sun icon against the blue sky background). Try harder Google!

Anyhow, it made for a very pleasant day on the road, with cool temperatures and I shouldn’t complain: the wind was mostly a side or tailwind. For once in a long time I did not have to worry about the heat, I was comfortable as can be and enjoyed the vistas. They looked very different today against a cloudy then grey background. But beautiful nonetheless!

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Here is the map of today’s run: