Goal #21, Go for a run in the rain
I had actually added this to my list, then taken off because I'd gone on runs where it started sprinkling, barely, and it made the air so instantly muggy and horrible that I was like "this doesn't even sound fun, I'm taking it off." But then I ended up doing it on accident, so back on it goes! (It's replacing my goal to do a half Ironman, because that's not happening by October. It's been moved onto my 2nd goal list for now.)
In July, we went to Wyoming to do the Star Valley Half, a small race in a smaller town to benefit some of the town's citizens. It was a good race, through beautiful mountains right in the area of the Tetons. The course was pretty and nothing too difficult. I was taking it easy without pushing, because I had another half in two weeks, and since we were in the RV I had slept on a terrible little camping bed and was sore and stiff anyway. It was cloudy and lovely the whole time, but at mile 12 the clouds broke and it started hailing. Hardcore!
So, you know, good times. It hurt when it hit my lips, and I had some red marks on my arms and face from it for the rest of the day. But when it's actually race, it's just another funny race story to tell! But like I said, I would never be like, "oh, it's raining, I should go for a run!" Nope. Not fun. Only when it's just "one more thing to go wrong," then it's fun/funny.
In July, we went to Wyoming to do the Star Valley Half, a small race in a smaller town to benefit some of the town's citizens. It was a good race, through beautiful mountains right in the area of the Tetons. The course was pretty and nothing too difficult. I was taking it easy without pushing, because I had another half in two weeks, and since we were in the RV I had slept on a terrible little camping bed and was sore and stiff anyway. It was cloudy and lovely the whole time, but at mile 12 the clouds broke and it started hailing. Hardcore!
So, you know, good times. It hurt when it hit my lips, and I had some red marks on my arms and face from it for the rest of the day. But when it's actually race, it's just another funny race story to tell! But like I said, I would never be like, "oh, it's raining, I should go for a run!" Nope. Not fun. Only when it's just "one more thing to go wrong," then it's fun/funny.