Running in the rain = no bueno

I have to recap about the last few days before I complain about my terrible run today.

Friday was my day off, and I even got off work by 4, so I had lots of time to relax, which I really enjoyed.

Saturday Nick, Siobhan and I went to the gym at 9:30am. Siobhan and I took a body pump class and it was great. It was crowded, but not as crowded at body pump normally is. I think 9:30am on a Saturday is just too early for those pesky NYRs. I had so much energy all day Saturday it made me wish that I could work out in the morning all the time. Unfortunately I go to work at 5:30am so that just isn't going to happen.

Today I ran 4 miles with the pups and oh man it was TERRIBLE! It was 40 degrees and POURINGDOWNRAIN. Let me just tell you how miserable it was. The first two miles wasn't too bad, aside from the cross wind blowing all the time. The dogs were funny in the rain. Larkin decided he was going to make it a point to run through all the puddles while Buddy focused on avoiding them at all costs. I almost tripped and died like 4000 times. It was funny to see all the crazy looks I got from the people driving past me. By the end of my run I felt that those looks were justified. After mile 2, the dogs were awful. Pulling and pulling and pulling. But then, I don't blame them I didn't want to run either and I wanted to get home as fast as possible too! Especially because at mile 2.5 the wind shifted and started blowing directly into my face, making it tough to breathe. And oh man, those raindrops hurt!!

I managed to push through the run and made it 4 miles in 39:21. Pretty excited I cut off about 40 seconds from my previous 4 mile time. WOO HOO improvement. Wonder how much faster I would have gone without the wind in my face!!

Jackie -sorry to hear about those darn NYRs. According to Nick most people give up on their new years resolution by Jan 17th...so that would be today. Maybe it will get better? We can only hope!!

Today's Miles: 4.0
This week's Miles: 10.5
Total Miles: 22.0