Good Morning!
Mood:  on fire
Topic: Marathon
With the depression I have decided it's even more important that I get in my daily training sessions, plus I was still sore this morning from Sunday's long run, so I got up at 5:00 and went for my short run. When I headed out, it was beginning to rain, and I started out counting steps to get myself going. I know, it's weird, but it occupies my brain long enough that my body can get into a rhythm. I walked ten minutes at a good warm-up pace, and then ran three minutes out of every five for the remainder. The "runs" started off as shuffles each time until my thigh muscles warmed up and didn't feel jarring pain each time my foot hit the ground. By minute twenty, it was raining harder and I was grinning! By minute thirty, it was a downpour and I was running in asphalt riverbeds and having a blast!! The run portions were easy once I got going and I didn't overheat or want to stop early. The hardest parts were sticking to an even-odd breathing pattern (breathe in for count of 2, breathe out for count of 3--important because of my asthma)--the smiling made me just want to pant along--and keeping my hands cupped in a natural c shape--I kept wanting to flatten them out and catch the rain on my palms! I only passed one person out walking her dog and was passed by another woman jogger during my warm-up. Other than that, I was just passed by cars leaving the subdivision, and I just kept grinning along. It's fun to be the crazy woman running in the rain! I would have kept going except that I do have to get to work sometime today.

What a great start to my day! That was the most fun I've had in ages.