Showing posts with label hooray for winter in the Pacific NW. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hooray for winter in the Pacific NW. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Running in the rain

I am writing this because it is raining outside and I don't want to go for a run.  I will, of course, but any delay, no matter how small ...

Did a quick search for running in the rain because a) I live where it rains.  A lot.  and b) As mentioned above, I am stalling.

I am about to violate every single suggestion that running websites make for running in the rain.

1) Don't wear a rain jacket.  Well, since I almost always wear a rain jacket when I run, I probably will wear it now that it's raining.

2) Don't wear cotton.  Unfortunately my sweatshirt that I run in is made of cotton and since it is cold outside ...

3) Don't wear cotton socks, wear wool.  Don't have any lightweight wool socks so I guess I'll wear the cotton ones that I always wear.

4) Wear shoes designed for running in the rain.  I have two pairs of runners and they are identical.  Are they good for running in the rain?  No idea but they are what I have.

I was going to insert a picture here showing someone running in the rain, but a quick internet search provided thousands of pictures of women running in the rain (not representative of me) and a few of ridiculously fit people running without shirts which means that it obviously isn't winter in the Pacific NW where they are running.  (Plus I'm not ridiculously fit, I'm a middle aged, slightly overweight type working to stay reasonably fit and healthy)

Enough stalling.  Here I go.