2022 Life Logs, Day 337: Jingle Jog
Date: Saturday, December 3, 2022
Weather: Unseasonably Warm, Windy, Dreary, with Pouring Rain PM: High 59, Low 33 degrees F
Location: At Home in the Cottage, East Falmouth, MA
Today was the annual (except during Covid) Falmouth Jingle Jog. This is a 5K run (3.1 miles) through town to welcome the holiday season. Jed, Jonah, and Sam were all off Cape this afternoon as both Sam and Jonah are participating in a weekend soccer tournament. Heather and Ollie were slated to participate in the Jingle Jog run, but when I went to pick them up, it had started raining and Ollie was hesitant.
It was a dreary day here on the Cape, but unseasonably warm. Still, running in the rain didn’t particularly sound like fun. Finally, both Ollie and Heather decided to go for it, so I drove them downtown to the Falmouth Green where the run was to begin.
As I waited outside for them to go in and get their race shirts and bib numbers, the rain came down even harder.
But the enthusiasm of the runners was high and at exactly 3:30 pm, off they went. Most of the runners in the Jingle Jog were adults or older teens, but Ollie wanted to run with Heather rather than run in the earlier Ghelf run for younger kids.
He and Heather did great, keeping a steady pace throughout, and made it back in great spirits.
Hot chocolate and even Santa Claus was waiting to greet them at the end of the race.
But the texts from Sam and Jed, who was with Jonah, told a different story. Their games were in central Massachusetts and they reported being wet and very cold. That’s the great thing about the Cape at this time of year. Being surrounded by water, we are often much warmer than inland at this time of year. Not usually as warm as today, but it made the wet run tolerable.
Heather is off with Sam early tomorrow for another day of soccer games while Jed stays here with Jonah and Ollie. They are all in the Christmas parade tomorrow that begins at noon. Jed and Jonah might take off right after the parade so Jonah can play in his 4:30 pm game in Marlborough. I think (and hope) that is the last soccer game of the season. It is time to move on to thoughts of winter sports.
And added note about last night’s Earthshot Prize ceremony. When I arrived at Heather’s this afternoon, there was a big bag in the front hallway that said ‘Runway Rentals’. I asked Heather if she rented a dress to wear to the Earthshot affair last night, and indeed, she did.
She said the whole affair was very exciting.
An edited version of the evening event will be aired on PBS mid-month.
