Fun run in the rain

When you begin to distance yourself from your childhood, i.e. get older, you start to lose touch with the things that make kids kids. You become more serious, acquire significant others, car payments, mortgages, and crazy grown up project like building sheds. The one thing I can do with the exception of playing with my kids that makes me feel like a kid again is run in the rain. There are not too many things we as adults can do to feel completely free and liberated, i.e. like a kid. Today I exercised my right to be a child by running in shorts and T-shirt in chilly, rainy weather while motorists looked at me like I was crazy and I smiled back like a 5-year old. I knew they were itching under their skin to trade places with me.

I headed over to the locker room at lunch with every intention of running the L.L.Bean trails. I was intercepted in the hall on the way by Ethan and Tom who browbeat me into running the road. Apparently they were a little scared to get muddy from all the rain this daggon Nor'easter has left for us. So being the social being I am I acquiesced and joined them. At the outset I was a little chilly but quickly warmed up despite the incessant wind and rain. The 7:18 pace was a little quicker than I was anticipating given Ethan's assurance of "love run", the term we have given happy, all inclusive runs. The pace never changed much from the starting pace until mile 6 which we turned into a 6:50 slugfest in the driving rain. Good stuff. Running with my boys at L.L.Bean is always fun, but today was better than fun. Today I truly was blessed to be a runner!

Tomorrow I am hanging out a home to run with Kelly and the kids and try out our new BOB Revolution stroller - the duallie. I am also leaning towards unfortunately skipping the Craig Cup Race for Life 5K at Twin Brook to allow myself to get to work quicker on my shed. I am itching to put nail to wood. Sunday I am planning to be back on the Bradbury Bruiser course with Tom at 7 AM if anyone out there wants to join us. Until next time, enjoy the video below from some good, Norwegian rockers, Kaizers Orchestra...