Rained on

It was just starting to rain when I went out for a run this morning. The rain got heavier as I ran, and soon I was soaked to the skin. I should still consider myself lucky, however, given the weather we are having this summer because I think this is the only second time that I got completely wet since I started training in May.

Besides I don't really mind running in the rain. Actually I quite like it! I don't know why, but somehow I don't feel tired when I run in the rain (well, shall we say I feel less tired...) On the other hand, my pace tends to be slower so that is a drawback (and perhaps it explains why I feel less tired at the end of the run)

Strange enough (or is it my destiny?), of the six marathons I have run so far, I got rained on in three of them. I ran under the sun only once (Reykjavik in 2004) while the Boston Marathon in 2006 was a perfect condition of clouds and no wind. My first ever marathon, in Reykjavik 2003, I received a baptism of horizontal rain throughout 26.2 miles. The rain in Stockholm in 2005 and Boston in 2007 was light in comparison. And I can safely bet it will rain heavily again in the Loch Ness on 7 October!

Today: 13 miles
Weekly mileage: 30 miles