I woke up at around 4am to the sound of heavy rain and went back to sleep thinking "it might stop in an hour and I can go running". At 5am, I couldn't hear any rain, so got up and dressed, put my shoes on and opened the door. There were a couple of minutes where I just looked at the drizzle and thought "oh, it's raining, here's an excuse not to go". Funny thing is, this morning, I just decided that it wasn't too bad, it wasn't cold or windy, so a little bit of drizzle wouldn't kill me. 10 weeks ago I would have used the rain as an excuse!
It was a slow run, think I was a bit paranoid about slipping over on wet concrete or something - but overall I got through the half hour comfortably. Once I was running I didn't really notice the rain - except that my shower proof jacket is only waterproof for about 20 minutes of rain, then it becomes a bit pointless. Of course it started POURING when I was in sight of home and was into the warm down walk, so I ended up running the last few 100m or so.
Luckily I was greeted at the back door with a towel and a hot drink :)
Only one more run till I 'graduate'. I really hope I don't lose motivation and I can keep up with running 3 times a week. It's going to be hard going in to winter, I can probably cope with the cold - it will be the windy or cold wet days that will make it hard to keep going. I'm thinking of renting a treadmill for the coldest months.
The playlist for today was -
Hold on - Wilson Phillips (warm up)
When You're looking like that - Westlife
My life would suck without you - Kelly Clarkson
Telephone - Lady Gaga & Beyonce
Hell - Tegan and Sara
Hung up - Madonna
Somebody told me - the Killers
Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell
Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm
We Don't need another hero - Tina Turner (warm down)
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