rain
A very rare experience this morning - a run in the rain. The rain!
It’s a funny thing, these days when we actually have rain, it’s all a bit of a surprise. You have to find the umbrella from way in the back of some cupboard or, in my case, the back of the shed. Either that, or you hide in shop fronts and under overhanging roofs and dart from cover to cover.
Very strange.
Running
The run this morning was a tempo one - 2 sets of 7 minutes within a total distance of 13k. I found the 7 minutes took me about two-thirds of the way around Princess Park.
A few people yesterday seemed surprised I started and finished my run before dawn. Sadly, it’s a very common occurence these days. I can’t seem to find the time after work, and I dislike running on my lunch-break. I don’t like dripping sweat over everyone at the office.
So the only thing to do is get up early and run. If I want to get a good 15k in, plus a shower and brekky, plus battle the trains in from Ringwood, I have to get up at 5.
I don’t know if you’ve been up at 5 lately, but it’s pretty dark. Very dark. Even after fifteen ks, say around 6:15, it’s still dark. And miserable.
You know I loved daylight savings when it first started. It meant I could run in the relative cool of the pre-dawn summer. But now I find it a pain in the butt. 5.30 is a good time for me but it’s too dark to run, so I moved to 6.30 but then there’s not enough time in the mornings.
I’ve yet to run in the rain. I’m looking forward to the experience.