Yesterday's training called for 8 miles. Yesterday's forecast called for weather in the 50s, and rain, which it delivered. Because I'm slow and it takes me 80 minutes to run 8 miles, I opted to run after work. Which meant in the chilly rain, and dark. The windbreaker set that I purchased for $20 in Alabama last year wasn't water resistant, I quickly learned. Not that I 100% thought it would be, but I was hoping.
The first half of the run involved plodding through, and jumping over, puddles, because it was actually raining for real. Not pouring, not drizzle, but a steady, sopping rain. My feet would be cold and soaked, and then I would forget about them until the next puddle. My clothes stuck to my skin (running tights under the windbreaker bottoms, long-sleeve top under the windbreaker upper shell, baseball hat, gloves) and made movement a little interesting/pullish.
But, having said all that - I did it! I did the whole eight miles, and felt great. The 8 stopped about a half mile from the house, so I wound up jogging the rest of the way home, because I was getting cold walking. Hot shower and jammies was my immediate next step, which was awesome.
My remaining long run prior to the half next Sunday, is 9 this Sunday. The weather's supposed to be great.
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