Running in the rain

I have found that the best therapy is to run in the rain. It feels like such a cleansing and it really reinvigorated my training.

Thursday, I went to water aerobics and it went well. I felt good but once Ben got home I felt like my soul needed a cleansing and I went for a run. I was just curious to see how I did. I took longer than I intended but in all fairness, it was raining and I ran through so many puddles my shoes were soaking wet and weighed about 5 pounds each. I ran 2.38 miles in 28:50. Not too bad and I felt awesome when I got home.

Today, I went for my normal Friday run. It's typically a 5X1, followed by as much time as I can possibly do and then finished with two 5x1's. I did 2.92 miles in 38:35. I ran 32 minutes of it. Pretty proud of myself, but unfortunately, my thighs are feeling every minute of these last two runs. Tomorrow we are running the Savannah Miler. Even though it is only a mile, all the proceeds benefit the dependents of fallen firefighters, a cause I am certainly going to support. I wish I could say I had a goal for finish time, but honestly I want to shoot for less than a 10-minute mile.