I feel hardcore.

5 miles in the rain done. I even managed some negative splits (can you imagine?) and can I just say I am SO glad I got the armband for my mini i-pod. Music whilst running is awesome! Every time I started to get tired a great song would come on and pick me right back up... and its so easy to skip the songs that are too slow that I didn't even have to try to look at the ipod to do so.

I wore my long tights that are waterproof on the front and my Pints-to-Pasta long-sleeved shirt (half-zip, microfiber, breathable, very nice!) I also wore a baseball cap and sunglasses (even tho there was no sun) to keep the rain out of my eyes. The good thing is that I didn't get cold at all, but I did get drenched. I may need to look at getting some real rain-gear for running since it looks like I may be doing quite a bit of rain-running in the next couple of months. *sigh*

Here's the specifics: 5.0 miles in 52:45
mile 1 - 10:58 (started slow and easy)
mile 2 - 10:56 (not bad since this is the mile that includes the 1 hill on the course)
mile 3 - 10:20 (couple of great songs on this one)
mile 4 - 10:35 (always my toughest mile mentally)
mile 5 - 9:55 (HA! No freakin' way... again the music carried me)

oh and the whole "hardcore" thing is said with tongue firmly in cheek tho I didn't see a single other runner out on the road today. ;)

Posted by Lexy at August 22, 2004 01:25 PM