Running In The Rain

Is apparently what I needed to be doing all along. Went to the park last night as you know in the not so warm, and the wet. I figured with it being so cold and wet I should do a little bit extra of a warm up and then stretch REALLY good. So I did my walk, my jog, and then walk again, and I went about 3/4 of the way around the trail to where the gazebo was so that I could stretch under some shelter since it was raining so much. And I made sure I did an extra set of stretches for each one I could think.

Of course by that time, I was already soaked to the bone. And then I set out not really sure what to expect from this run as it's been over 10 years since I've done any sort of exercise in the rain.

I did OVER my two miles that I set as a goal. Apparently thinking about how wet I am instead of how much breath I have left or how tired my legs are is a good thing. I did my two laps without realizing it and I kept going. Although as soon as I figured out how far I had ran, my mental game was thrown off, and I lost my breath immediately and stopped for my warm down. It took no time at all to catch my breath this time, though. Which tells me I'm ready to up my distance yet again. So as today is an off day - tomorrow's goal will be two and a half miles.

With race day approaching quickly, I need to make sure I get up to those 3 miles soon!