Running Upate - Week 2

It's week two of my 10 week trainer supervised running. A typical week is: 3 runs, 2 cross training days (where I do pilates), and 2 rest days. Last week I missed one of the pilates days, but did all the running. I was pretty mad about skipping that pilates day. This week I've so far done everything. There are 9 weeks until the 5K or 10K (haven't decided which I plan on doing).

Today I wake up and its pouring rain, so I resign myself to having to run in the evening. Problem is, its raining all night. At 7:30 I peak out the window and it appears to have stopped raining. I put on my running stuff, strap on the AMAZING loan from JP (an ipod shuffle with some SERIOUSLY hot jams), and head outside. Of course, by that time it has started raining again. I said, screw it, I'm all ready to go I may as well do it. Plus I knew I'd beat myself up the rest of the night and all tomorrow if I skipped.

I don't know if it was the cooler temps, the phat jams, or my mental state but I had a great damn run. My stride was really good, and my speed seemed to have lightning bolted since my run on Sunday. Maybe the music kept me going? Even my form was better. It felt great to feel and experience an improvement. And as dorky as it is, whenever I started to feel tired or slow up a bit, I forced myself to get all hypothetical and pretend I was running from all this bullshit I've been dealing with. Corny, but it really worked. Plus running in the rain was great - there weren't any slow walkers with dogs or anything else to get in my way. Just some wet socks. I felt like I was in another world. The only drawback to running in the rain at dusk is that I could hardly see due to bad night vision and also not wearing glasses.

It was the best I've felt in weeks, and I feel great now. Tomorrow I'm sure I'll be sore.