Well...interesting day. Sun was shining and I found myself with a 3 hour window so I decided to do my run today instead of tomorrow. I packed up my gear and drove to the Rail Trail for my run. As soon as I got in the parking log, the sky opened up. It was pouring rain. I called my husband and he checked the radar and said it looked like it was going to rain for another hour or so. I decided to drive to the gym and hop on the treadmill. The treadmill bores me to death. I was on mile 2 and started renegotiating my miles for today. You know, the mental battle about how much you have in you. That is when I noticed the sun was shining again. I was even more disappointed because I was in the gym not in the sunshine. That's when I said to myself..."Who is keeping you here? Get your butt outside!" So I hopped off the treadmill, ran down to the locker, got my Garmin and my vest (and mace), then headed out the door. I had a wonderful run through new areas in the hood. On mile eight I thought I heard a rumble through my music and I turned around. Lurking behind me where these deep dark clouds and the rumble was thunder. I picked up the pace and made it back to the gym just before another downpour started. Success! I Don't know my first 3 miles pace because I was on the treadmill, it felt like it was 12:00. 9:37, 9:35, 9:34, 9:42, 9:39, 9:42, 9:10, 8:50 (.14) | 