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[Help me run the Boston Marathon!]
Yesterday midday was the St Patrick's Day 5K in Davis Square. It's a fun race with a lot of people and a ton of free beer after. Locals may have noticed, uh, some rain, but a 5K takes well under an hour even if you're just walking fast (and considerably less if you're running), so sure, you get wet, but by the time you're really soaked, you're done and there's beer and stuff.
Alas, that was not the run I did.
Instead, at 8am I ran four times that distance, including up a hill that puts Heartbreak to shame, navigating many unmapped rivers and waterfalls from countless main overflows, along with stretches where the entire road was covered with ankle-deep water. At times the rain and wind were so bad that one of my ears clogged with water. Even going downhill took effort going into the headwinds. By the time we were done (DD must be some kind of saint for accompanying me on this), it took me three tries to get the car started because I couldn't get my hand to grip the keys properly. My *gums* were ice cold. I'm not even sure how that's possible.
A long (long) hot shower later and we were basically thawed, but still physically exhausted for the rest of the day (which made preparing for dinner plans a challenge, but we managed). Even though it wasn't the longest, that was definitely the hardest run of my training so far (anything that makes 12 miles in 10deg seem not too bad is pretty tough).
Yesterday midday was the St Patrick's Day 5K in Davis Square. It's a fun race with a lot of people and a ton of free beer after. Locals may have noticed, uh, some rain, but a 5K takes well under an hour even if you're just walking fast (and considerably less if you're running), so sure, you get wet, but by the time you're really soaked, you're done and there's beer and stuff.
Alas, that was not the run I did.
Instead, at 8am I ran four times that distance, including up a hill that puts Heartbreak to shame, navigating many unmapped rivers and waterfalls from countless main overflows, along with stretches where the entire road was covered with ankle-deep water. At times the rain and wind were so bad that one of my ears clogged with water. Even going downhill took effort going into the headwinds. By the time we were done (DD must be some kind of saint for accompanying me on this), it took me three tries to get the car started because I couldn't get my hand to grip the keys properly. My *gums* were ice cold. I'm not even sure how that's possible.
A long (long) hot shower later and we were basically thawed, but still physically exhausted for the rest of the day (which made preparing for dinner plans a challenge, but we managed). Even though it wasn't the longest, that was definitely the hardest run of my training so far (anything that makes 12 miles in 10deg seem not too bad is pretty tough).