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Running in The Rain

Today was the first real "spring" day here in the Cleveland area. We had a lot of rain at times, but the temperature was near 70 for a good portion of the day. It just so happened that I had scheduled to meet my friend Zach for a run. There's a great park about 5 minutes away that has an amazing trail that runs for over 50 miles. So we started running with partly cloudy skies, 65 degrees, and a strong wind. Half way through the run a light sprinkle started. With about a mile to go the rain and wind was so strong that neither of us could see more than 3 feet in front of us and the rain was hitting us so hard that you could hear it smack off the others body. It was truly the worst weather I've ever run in.

Oh yeah… and I loved it.

Categories: Running
  1. March 22, 2006 at 8:39 am | #1

    You should try that experience at 50mph downhill on a bike. The droplets hitting the helmet sound like mortar ordinance. The ones that hit your face leave marks.

    And oh yeah, I LOVE it, too!

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