I couldn't do my long run on Saturday, so I headed out this morning instead. With a newly purchased waterproof jacket, I once again drove to the other side of town, parked the car and headed towards Wellesley. Man, was it lousy out for the first half of the run. It was raining sideways in my face, as a constant 10-15 mph wind came out of the east directly down Rt. 135. But after 3 miles or so, it became sort of fun. I was already soaked head to toe and it didn't matter if I missed the puddles or not because my socks and shoes were soaked through. The only issue I had was the water in my ear, courtesy of my headphones.
I counted 13 other psychotic people on the route today at various points, so I was glad to not be the only crazy person out there. I ended up with a pretty good overall pace for the 15+ miles.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/26996645
My knees has been getting a little creaky leading up to the weekend, but they felt better and didn't bother me today (it could be that I couldn't feel them due the fact that I wore shorts and the wind chill numbed them). With this run, I also cracked 400 total miles since I started training which is kind of cool.
On the fundraising front, I cleared $4,000 this week after a few quiet weeks. I'm still hoping to hit my goal of $6,000 between now and race day. The following was a quick but funny exchange with my 5 year old:
John - "Are you going to win the race?"
Me - "Well, no, but I'm hoping to do as well as I can and raise some money to help sick people feel better."
John - "Oh. Well, I hope that you don't lose all that money in your pockets while you're running."
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