NOLA Week 6: Rain Delay

Distance: 6.78
Route: Teague Parkway Trail
Time: 1hr 12mins 19secs
Number of Ninjas: 0

It was a good run. I'm a few days behind the curve on posting this one, but we've been out of town for a few days, so I'm finally getting down to it. I did this run on Friday. I meant to do 12, but Mom Nature had a different idea.

I slept in a little and hit the trail around 7:15am. It was really warm outside for this time of year...almost 72 degrees. It was humid, cloudy and windy. I miraculously found my Nike+ receiver, so I turned on the iPod and off I went. I had a tailwind for the first half of the run. I made it to the marina and looked up at the sky. It was looking pretty threatening and the wind was starting to shift direction. I ran past the marina, up to the third pagoda and then decided it was probably best to turn around. Often, these kind of storms have thunder and lightning embedded in them, and I don't mess around with that. Rain doesn't bug me, but lightning and thunder do. I made it to just past the marina when the rain started. I passed some folks that started yelling at me that it was raining. I looked at them, smiled and just kept right on going. A) I can obviously see it's raining; B) going back to the marina won't do me any good when my car is parked at the other end; and C) it's only rain. :) I was about a mile from the car when the wind shifted direction AGAIN and this time I had wind and rain smacking me in the face. I finished and looked down at the time. I was pretty surprised. I felt like I was going a LOT slower than what I really was. My legs had felt heavy the whole time and I was just a little tired. It was a good run though.

Six weeks under the belt and six weeks left to go. I have 18 miles this upcoming Sunday, so we'll see how it goes. I haven't run at all with the base group, but I'm actually okay with it. I thought it would be lonely doing it alone, but it gives me time to just think about things and sometimes just let my mind wander. I miss my running buddy, but it's important for her to heal herself before she jumps back into anything. :)

All right. Let's get this party going. Bring on the pain for next week.