Finally made the run last night – in the rain. I originally scheduled it for last Sunday but the weather forecast was a bit discouraging, 95 and humid, as a result I’d thought I’d err on the side of caution. As it turned out the temp was actually around 85 and I would have made the run except that I wasn’t prepared mentally.
The run itself started out well, except for the rain and the fact that the pullover I used wasn’t at all waterproof (oops). The first 6 miles went fairly well but after about 8 I was starting to drag a bit and after 10 my knees were hurting. I must admit that there were many times that I was challenged to cut the run short or just walk the remainder but I persevered by putting it down as a test of will (of course it helped that walking actually made my knees hurt more and I just wanted to get out of the rain and running was faster).I used a 4 minute run 1 minute walk interval and only lost ½ pound over the run due to good hydration.
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