Baptism by running...in the rain

As some of you know I ran the Wasatch Back a couple of weeks ago. I feel like it sucked my running soul dry. Since then it has been VERY hard for me to get motivated to workout, esp to run. I have gone on a few runs and they have been really difficult. I felt as though I was starting over, completely. I would run and just whine and complain in my head. It was hard to breathe. I didn't feel together. I walked. I don't walk. If I'm going running, I'm going running, otherwise I would say "I'm going walking". I would come back feeling like a total loser for even trying.


But that changed (finally) today. I told myself I'm just going out for a nice run. No Garmin, no watching my pace or even thinking about the pace, just me and my tunes and whatever my legs could do. I have a half marathon in two weeks and I was starting to wonder if I would be able to do it. However, today I went out and started like I used to, walk for a minute or two and then a slow jog, then into my rhythm. There was a big dark cloud and it started to rain. I thought, it's just one cloud. It rained on me for 2 1/2 miles. Which was actually quite nice. Kept me cool with a nice breeze. Toward the end of the rain, the sun came shinning out. It was really nice to have the sun so bright, but also the rain still keeping me cool. I ran all 4 miles I had hoped to and I am back on track!

It. Was. Good.