Come Rain or Shine

Last Wednesday I went out for a run in the rain. It was heavy rain and by the end of the run (just 30 minutes) I was throughly soaked. Yesterday morning I went out in the rain again, this time to complete just over 14 miles, and although it wasn’t raining for the whole duration I still had to suffer a good amount of the wet stuff. To make matters worse it was towards the end of the run (last 3 miles or so) when I was tired and heading uphill towards home. I also went out for a short walk yesterday evening, just to a local shop and again it was raining and I got wet.

I am trying to avoid using rainy weather as an excuse not to get out and about and especially as an excuse not to run. I want to expose myself to inclement conditions more so that they ease to be an obstacle to action. I often think that I have been incredibly lucky with the weather for all of the significant race events I have done and I know that at some point this luck will break and I will be faced with running a marathon or some such in the rain. I have decided I should prepare for that eventuality.

So, from now on I am trying to adopt the frame of mind that if I have planned to run at a particular time and the weather is poor I will still run. Moreover, I am going to try not to take too much account of the forecast weather when I plan my runs for the upcoming weeks. It can’t be a bad thing to broaden my comfort zone and after all, it’s only water.