Rainy Days September 5, 2007
Posted by riverbrady in : Training , 1 comment so farIt’s so easy at times: “I’m sore from hard weights yesterday”, “I’ve trained too much”, “I can just do it tomorrow morning”, “It’s too hot…too cold…too damp…too humid…too late”, “I’m still healing”.
Excuses come in such a wide variety of flavors. A number of them come to briefly reside in my thoughts before I brush them away - Clearing the mind’s cobwebs. The positives start to crowd in as I lace up my shoes and head out the door. I haven’t felt this good running in years. I’m not as fast as I used to be, but I’m consistent and steadily regaining my speed in any case. I am enjoying my running again, taking note of the knee every now and then to assure myself things are still moving as they should, and stepping along.
The first drops of rain feel cold, sending a quick chill down my spine…then become a part of the experience.
Perspectives…
I like running in the rain…always have, even the cold stuff. It’s really not bad once you get past the expectation that you will remain hot and dry. Instead I expect to be very wet and cool, when I’m not toasty while actually running. I expect to experience and revel in what the rain brings, rather than cursing the fact that a part of me wants to be warm and dry. In doing so in some additional way I make this run my own…my time…my enjoyment.