Hello there! Living in southern California, I am a fair weather friend runner. So, when I heard it was supposed to be rainy all weekend I wasn’t sure what to do about my long run. Since it wasn’t that cold (55-ish degrees) I decided to accept the wet and go for it.
Pre-game. I mean, pre-run fuel = sunflower butta toast with chia seeds and a side of cat.
Then, I drove to my favorite neighborhood loop. As soon as I got out of the car the rain changed to a drizzle! Thank you Jesus. I was supposed to do 18 miles, but I knew I would have to play it by ear depending on the weather. 
It took a full 5 miles to get into a groove. Every single one of those first miles I considered postponing my long run to tomorrow. I was not feeling it. At mile 6 I decided to hang in there for another loop. At some point I decided to cut it to 13 for today and that was a good choice – as soon as I got into my car it started POURING and got super windy.
Solo Half Marathon 
13.1 miles – 1:57:15 Average 8:57
And my usual post long run ritual… Whole Foods. I know it’s weird but I’ve been craving vegan food lately and really wanted to hit up Native Foods yesterday. I miss eating veggie protein these days…
The last time I ran in the rain was 10 miles January. I’m just glad I don’t have to run in the snow anymore! Even though I do miss dressing like a crazy…
Check out my cold weather running post if you hafta run in the elements!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
It’s so rainy out I don’t think Ben and I are going to do anything 
We’ll see if it lets up so I can go out. According to one of my clients if you have red hair you are required by Irish law to go out to a bar today.
Better get my drink green on…
Question: Who’s wearing green today?
Ran the Lucky 7 (mile) Run in green on Saturday.
I love that picture of you in green. You look great in green.
You look gorgeous in green! It’s interesting to hear you got into your groove after 5 miles… my first couple of miles are usually the hardest, and once I’m at 5 I’m just looking for the end. It makes me think that if I keep pushing through the point that I feel like stopping, I might make it through and out the other side!
I realize every year that I don’t own a single green thing. Does this encourage me to actually do something about it? Apparently not as I look back at my closet of blues, grays, whites and blacks. Sad…lol
that first picture with the bagel – i kinda thought your cat was taking a shit behind your bagel. it made me really uncomfortable. i hope i was wrong. 🙂
That picture of you in the green is seriously SO PRETTY! you look adorable!
I did! First up was a green top for a 12 mile run. Ended the day tucked under the covers of my green blanket.
Excellent run! I’m very early in my running and did my first 2 consecutive miles at an actual run pace today! Nothing compared to what you did but without posts like yours, I wouldn’t be nearly as inspired as I am to push myself!
My dad always wore Orange. I guess this is not a very well known tradition, but going on since 1690. As a kid, I always wore both just to be safe.
I didn’t wear green. We are having 80 degree days. So lovely! We went to a park, out for lunch, then froyo, then the arboretum. I am tired. 🙂
Nice run! You should probably go celebrate St. Patric’s day… just sayin’! I ran a race this morning which of course, meant it was acceptable to drink beer at 9am. Running makes alcoholism acceptable in society! 🙂
nice job on your run! i’m not a fan of rain, snow, wind, or any other kind of weather when i run. i’m pretty much a whimp. i’ll blame that on the fact that i’ve lived in either AZ or CA all my life and i love my sunshine. 😉
congrats on your 13.10! Since you don’t have much to do, you can check out our fun post today on our St patty day race my runner girls and I ran!
Girl, it’s a beautiful 81 in Chicago! Guess it was our turn to have a sunny day. I hope you do a post on Native Foods. Never heard of it.
I don’t even like driving 13 miles ;0) You ROCK!
am a huge fan of Native Foods!! I totally have a craving for one of their bowls. Love their patio too.
I think the weather is effecting my motivation. All this gloomyness made Fri’s workout make me want to die. You know how after a good warm up you can normally get into a rhythm…? Yeah, didn’t happen. I didn’t force it. That’s always when I get injured.
I love it when it rains, but was actually looking forward to a Hermosa St Paddy’s Day pub crawl 🙁 🙁 No green beer for this girl …guess I’ll be forced to stay in, watch movies, play battlefield ^-^ & make soup.
Happy st Paddy’s !!
I’m not the biggest fan of running in the rain but there are unusual times when I enjoy it. Now go drink some green beer lady! 🙂
Nice job on the long run. I bailed on mine again, but I’m for sure doing tomorrow…
Glad to hear you still made it out, regardless of the rain. I didn’t have the same willpower though and went to the gym instead. I’ll man up tomorrow. 😀
I am!! My kids and I ran a 1 mile shamrock shuffle this morning 🙂 It was my 4 and 6 year olds first race and my 7 year olds 2nd. We made shirts for it and everything lol. No rain here right now, but the wind is INSANE!!! It literally blew over my 4 year old this morning while on the course.