I can't wait to run in the rain :). It's soothing and drowns out the sounds around me while I run. Course I won't be enjoying the cars that splash water on me as they drive by, but oh well. You can't have everything right? Well no running again last night. That is 3 days in a row. I'm so slacking! Oh well, life must go on. I will be running with or without my friend A. She's not so hot about running in the rain, but it's very refreshing and it's better than running in the heat. I'll just wear my baseball cap and be mentally prepared to be drenched by the time I get home tee hee. 14 miles is what I'm planning on running tonight. That would be the 11 that I missed on Sunday and the 3 I need to run today. I'm tired right now but I'm sure I'll be fine later today. I don't know what I'm going to do about having fuel during the run. I'm actually not going to worry about it. I don't have any GU on hand so I might just do without and just get it over with. We'll see how things go. I might just start right after work so I don't get too distracted, but if A decides to run with me after all then I'll run at 7pm tonight.

I ate too much yesterday at dinner, but it was good healthy stuff and my mom always trims all fat from meat before cooking. I'll eat a good lunch and then maybe have a snack right before I go running which should help me along. Hopefully my Garmin won't mind the pouring rain. We'll see. This will be the first time I've run more than my half marathon (13.1 miles) since 2002. I'll just remember to take it easy, keep my breathing nice and steady, and keep my feet light (no pounding my feet into the asphalt) and change up my stride to meet my needs. My heart rate will be regulated by my breathing so I should be alright on that front. Hope my legs don't turn into lead. I'm still sleepy. I wish I would have called in sick so that I could have slept in to try to catch up with my sleep. Too late now.

(Engaged 9/16/05)