I opened the door to go out and do Week 6 Run 2 and found it was raining! But I was changed, had downloaded the podcast and had everything set ready to go, so I grabbed my light rain jacket and off I went!
I have to say that actually running in the rain was ok (I don't mind walking in the rain, so why should running be any different?!) - except that I decided to choose today to run wearing my glasses, rather than my contact lenses (I have always worn my contact lenses until today!). By half way through I gave up with my glasses and put them in my jacket pocket - being short-sighted this meant that everything was now slightly fuzzy (as well as being wet and dark)!!
But I have now completed the 2 x 10 minute runs, and I even managed to go further and faster than I have ever done before! Maybe my subconscious thought that by running faster I would get out of the rain sooner?!?!
Run 3 here we come......
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CookieM
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Well done, though maybe next time pause long enough to put your lenses in? I wouldn't be able to see if I took my glasses off, so I bought myself a cheap cap the other day
I've been using up old lenses on days when I don't already have them in, as it is a little expensive to wear them just for running!! I thought about a cap after I had set off!
Yeay... embrace the rain....and the wind... and the snow.... and the hail.. we rock, don't we?
It is quite exhilarating... sometimes, ,and the right gear can help.. I wear glasses, and apart from the cold winter months, wear a cap with a peak... which keeps the rain off the glasses
I love running in the rain, weird eh? But my glasses get droplets on them too which I quite like. Makes me see the world in a slightly different way. Now when I get home, they steam up, so I have to take them off for a bit. Have a peaked cap I wear for rowing, must try that out sometime, thanks Oldfloss and CookieM. Great post and great advice as always. 😀
I love my cheapo Aldi running cap, which matches my equally cheapo Aldi running jacket 😊 The cap has a light in the brim. How cool is that 😁
Runnjng in the rain will become second nature. As long as you are suitably dressed you should be fine
I always think about the walk home and being warm for that, so take a jacket or merino top (guess where from 😊) You don't want to get your hot muscles cold. These are easily foldable so tie round your waist if you meet to cast them off during the run
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,and the right gear can help.. I wear glasses, and apart from the cold winter months, wear a cap with a peak... which keeps the rain off the glasses
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