Rain

I guess I've been really lucky so far and nothing but my own slowness has gotten in the way of my getting out to run over the past few weeks. But today, the day I was all prepared for, the day I had gotten everything ready for my run the night before, this was the day the skies decided to open up and pour forth. Now I know I'm not made of sugar, I know I won't melt if I go out in the rain and at first I thought "it's just a light rain, it'll get lighter, it'll be fine". Then I thought someone was pointing a garden hose at the kitchen window. No light downpour this. It was a full on gale. So there I was all kitted out to run and nowhere to go. My nerves started to get jangly. My body started to twitch. Heck I had woken up at 2:30a.m. ready to run, but decided that was a bit excessive. I kept waiting, I did yoga, I went through the 2 hour phone meeting I had scheduled. Still it rained. Finally, by late afternoon it cleared off enough to let me out the door. The day was saved. I did a 5.5k around town - having to dodge folks leaving work and catching buses and herding children. By I did it. My sneakers were pretty wet by the end but it was well worth it. I must have been doing something right cause this female British voice, somebodyorother Radcliffe, came on my I-Pod and told me I had just done my best time for the mile (9min 16sec - so not exactly sprinting, but good for me I guess). Well yay. I guess it was worth the wait...