Wild Weather

This morning started out like every other Tuesday morning. The alarm went off at five and I hit snooze, but then got up because I didn’t want to be late for meeting Michelle. I had heard it was supposed to rain today so I peeked out the window. Oh yay! There was no rain and it didn’t seem too cold out. This was especially good because I forgot my winter running hat on the Cape and the only other hat I could find in my apartment was a mesh camouflage Toyota trucker hat. (Of course I wore it!) Then I headed out the door to meet Michelle.

The first half of our 10.5 mile run went as usual. They did try to more securely close the section of our running path that was under construction, but we managed to squeeze our skinny little selves right though the gate and keep on course. We got to the half way still moving along……and then it started. The precipitation…..It started as hail. Getting pelted with little tiny pebbles wasn’t so bad. It could have been worse. Of course it didn’t hail for too long before turning to rain. The rain went back and forth between heavy and sprinkles basically for the rest of the run, which meant wet heavy feet and cold hands trying to stay warm in wet gloves. We managed to not let the rain get in our way (plus the faster we got home the faster we were out of the rain). Mother Nature was not yet impressed with our resilience though so she got us for the last few miles with some very strong wind in our faces. Nevertheless, we obviously kept running and made it home 3 minutes faster then our next fastest time. Take that Mother Nature!

So it was quite a morning. It was one of those days that makes you feel like a really hardcore runner, as you are running 10 and a half miles through puddles in the hail, rain, and wind before the sun has even come up. I’m pretty sure I loved every second of it though! (except for maybe the really cold hands…..next time I’ll wear my super mittens.)