Beautiful Day for a Run

After getting off work yesterday, I had the need to get out and get my daily mileage in. I'm still preparing for the Nashville Marathon and knew I needed to get in a run between 5 and 8 miles (I settled on 6).

It had started to rain here yesterday as I was leaving work about 3:30. The temperature was in the mid to upper 40's...great running weather. Since we live North of Kansas City, the farther I traveled north from work, the more it seemed to pickup in downpour. By the time I got home, it was a constant flow of rain - sometimes a little sideways with the wind behind it.

I ran in the house and changed as quickly as I could knowing that I probably didn't have a lot of time before the temps started dropping and the rain would increase. I stretched and made it out of the house in time to start my run in a light rain that I knew would get worse as I ran.

Running is a great release for me. It gives me time to think about all the rushed areas in my life that need to slow down abit so I can make a solid decision about them. It also gives me a time to reflect on my beautiful wife, great kids and all the wonderful things God has so favorably blessed me with.

I'm glad I brought some light-weight gloves with me...I really needed them later in the run. Rainy days are fun to run in - it give you new obsticles to overcome, like dodging all the massive puddles that begin to spring up. There's a lot of new construction around where we live so I got the chance to run through a lot of mud and muck as well - it's all part of the run.

The farther I ran, the stronger I got yesterday. I was constantly forcing myself to pull back a little as my body was trying to set a blistering pace. I had to keep telling myself this was suppose to be a nice easy run, not a race. I finished the 6 miles about a block from the house and walked to the house for my cool-down. It was a great run for a solid day all the way around.