A Wet 'n' Wild Run!

Yesterday I said that I liked running in the rain.  But today was a little ridiculous!  Apparently Tropical Storm Hermine blew into town overnight and no one bothered to tell me about it.  :P  I could hear the wind whipping all night and the rain was coming down.  But the alarm clock went off at 5 o'clock this morning and I said effit!  The rain had settled down a little and I had 6 miles that needed to be run.  It was supposed to be a 6 mile 85% effort run but somehow I had in my head it was a 9:00 pace run.  I got confused with all the wind and rain.  Anyway, the first 3 miles were pretty good.  It was rainy but I was keeping the pace.  Guess I didn't realize it was so easy because of the tremendous wind at my back.  The 3 miles home were not fun!  Wind right in my face and the rain had picked back up.  And it was blowing so hard that the rain stung my legs when it hit me.  My split times were 9:01, 9:01, 8:52, 9:22, 9:32, 8:52 (9:07 average and DEFINITELY an 85%+ effort!).  That 5th mile was a total killer!

It was raining hard enough that I didn't even wear my iPod or water belt today.  When I got thirsty I just opened my mouth and looked up!  Seriously!!  Anyway, I made it home and was completely soaked! I had left a towel on the porch and it was still dark outside so I just left my clothes on the porch and wrapped up in my towel and headed to the shower.  This was definitely a memorable run!

Tomorrow is a 5 mile 9:00 pace run.  The forecast is scattered thunderstorms so it may be another wet one.  Just hoping for a lot less wind!