Freezing cold rain? No, not good. But you still went anyway? Good on ya!
I went running tonite too! Around the same time. Although did not have freezing cold rain (or else I woudn't have gone). It was a beautiful clear night with an almost full moon, around 30 F. I'm not sure how far I went, there is a section of the neighborhood I like to go that has hilly streets, and I alternate walking and running up them.
It was actually a little bit warmer here than where you are, but once the rain started... not pleasant :(
I don't have hills here where I usually run (the biggest hill I run over regularly is a railway bridge!). Instead we have wind - strong and unrelenting winds off the Fens that have nothing to impede them until they cut right through you. Around here we say that if you're running or cycling you don't need to worry about the lack of hill training, you just head straight into a Fen wind and it has the same effect on the intensity of your exercise...
I'll echo gyrl here: Good on ya, indeed. I'm such a wimp when it comes to running in rain -- good thing I live in a desert-like climate, eh?
I've been running between 5k & 7k, about twice a week, since the soccer season ended and I'm not getting any conditioning at the team's training sessions. I'm slow as molasses, but I'm getting out there.
I haven't run for a couple of weeks (busy stuff, and I've had a cold the last week) so I wasn't expecting much. I headed out intending to do a couple of miles, ended up running 5 km and could easily have done 2 or 3 more (except D had dinner waiting for me!). So I was both pleasantly surprised and encouraged :)
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Date: 2012-11-27 12:40 am (UTC)I went running tonite too! Around the same time. Although did not have freezing cold rain (or else I woudn't have gone). It was a beautiful clear night with an almost full moon, around 30 F. I'm not sure how far I went, there is a section of the neighborhood I like to go that has hilly streets, and I alternate walking and running up them.
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Date: 2012-11-27 07:02 am (UTC)I don't have hills here where I usually run (the biggest hill I run over regularly is a railway bridge!). Instead we have wind - strong and unrelenting winds off the Fens that have nothing to impede them until they cut right through you. Around here we say that if you're running or cycling you don't need to worry about the lack of hill training, you just head straight into a Fen wind and it has the same effect on the intensity of your exercise...
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Date: 2012-11-27 07:05 am (UTC)I've been running between 5k & 7k, about twice a week, since the soccer season ended and I'm not getting any conditioning at the team's training sessions. I'm slow as molasses, but I'm getting out there.
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Date: 2012-11-27 07:41 am (UTC)