Rain and cold keeping me inside
Posted on 19. Jan, 2007 by Brad in Training
I can remember a time when I loved to run in the rain. At the first opportunity to get out in it, I’d head to Town Lake and go for a nice cooling run of 8 miles or more. But lately, in addition to the cold, I have been dreading the rain. Nothing is appealing about getting out in 35-degree temperatures with falling precipitation.
Combined with the ice we’ve had recently, the rain has surely made a total mess of the trails. A few NTTR members went to Northshore today for a 7:30pm night run and I wonder how it went. I can’t see how it would be very enjoyable (at least for me). Add to that recent reports of downed trees along the trail (both here in Dallas and especially in Austin) and it’s just not a great time for. So with the cold, the rain, and the lack of runnable trails, my options are limited to a miserable run on concrete :-)
At least I have put a long run on the calendar for this weekend. I’m going over to White Rock Lake to do the 9-mile loop there a couple of times with Goutham. Depending on how we feel after 2 loops, I might try to get in a third since I really need the miles going into Rocky. I just hope my knees hold out better on the hard surface better than last time. With my FANS application in the mail, I guess I’d better get used to some long mileage on asphalt!
