Rain running........................

Yesterday's weather report predicted the rain would hold off until Sunday. Wrong again, naturally.

I have found that as long as I wear a hat with a nice wide bill to keep the rain out of my eyes I don't really mind running in the rain. Like snow, at least I don't get overly warm and have to worry about dehydrating.

After the first mile, the rain was coming down so hard that the hat was no longer effective. Well before the completion of mile two I had figured out how to re-arrange my ponytail to hold the hat at such an angel that it was again keeping the water out of my eyes. One more reason not to cut my hair. Don't tell my hair dresser.

I ended up cutting about a 1/4 mile off the scheduled three because my back is hurting today. One of my residents is getting increasingly more difficult to transfer due to the progress of her disease, and my back is taking the brunt of the task. I know about good body mechanics and and practice them, but due to certain things (privacy issues so no details) this doesn't always make a difference. The new running techniques I am learning really focus on a strong core so in the long run this will be a great thing. In the short run, my core not being that strong, it may be part of what is going on with my back. As with everything (or nearly everything) time is my friend, and what it will take to improve my core strength.

Back to my rainy run...(my) Mister ask me what it was like to run in the rain. I had a hard time giving him a good answer. I told him what I said above about liking to keep the rain out of my eyes, but I really don't think about it being any different than running without rain. The first several times I did it (back when I was a nubie runner) it was miserable. Focusing on the fact that I was running IN SPITE of the weather filled me with pride and gave me a good boost to the ole self-esteem which was great motivation to keep running. Now weather is pretty much a non-issue. I run without factoring that into the formula. The only weather that might stop me (or convince me to limit my distances) is extremely hot temps as I know how truly dangerous this can be. I might be nuts, but I am not insane!

So, eight AM on Saturday morning and my exercise is already out of the way. keep your fingers crossed that the rain lets up for a bit so I don't end up planting the garden in the rain. Without the mud factor I don't think I would mind so much. I'm a girl, and don't like dirt under my fingernails!

P.S.
I've been on Amazon used books again. Ordered six books (for sixty bucks before shipping, which is why I love AUB) about marathons and/or nutrition. Can't wait till they get here so I can learn more about the proper training and feeding of a future marathoner. That would be me! Can you believe it? How cool is that?