Another Rainy Run

I went outside to run my 4 miles and had absolutely no idea it was raining.  Guess I should check those things before I get outside.  So I did some minor rain adjustments (iPod in a ziplock bag, etc.) and ran in the rain.  I actually enjoy running in the rain this time of year because it just feels good.  When it's cold ... not so much!  Tuesday is always a fast run (4 mile 8:45 pace).  I had a hard time with the pace the first mile but felt ok the last 3.  Wasn't a great run but not terrible either.  And I enjoyed the lightning show.  Here I am in the rain after my run.

It rained most of the day so just for fun I took another picture from my front porch after it got light outside.

And I was laughing when I took off my running shoes because I was worried that I had messed up my newly pedicured toes.  LOL!  My friend asked me yesterday to go get a pedicure with her and I actually have all of my toenails right now so I went!  (Sidenote:  I LOVE my Nike LunarGlide running shoes.  Very minimal foot problems.)  Since I posted an ugly foot picture a few weeks ago, I'll post a pretty toe picture.  This was at the pedicure place.  That's "The Keys To My Karma" red polish on there.  :)  The lady doing my pedicure seemed very confused when I asked her not to sand off my callouses.  I NEED those!!!

Today's splits were 8:48, 8:38, 8:40, 8:20 (8:36 average).  Not too bad for a so-so run in the rain.  Hoping tomorrow's 6 mile 85% effort tempo run feels a little better.