Rain Runs

This morning I went for a run in sopping rain, and both Lisa's and my mom thought we were absolutely nuts for still going in the rain.  There's a few things that I actually kinda like about the rain.  Especially during the summer that we've had in the past few weeks with it being stupendously hot, the rain actually cools it off quite a bit and that way you're not completely dehydrated.  As for complains about being soaked? you actually don't notice it all that much once you're in the rain because once you get wet than you don't really notice it.  You notice it when you get home and you're absolutely drenched and dripping water everywhere.  But things to make rain runs more enjoyable, wear a waterproof layer on top (yes I know it's obvious but everyone should have this in their closet).  Dress lightly underneath, but make sure you're going to say warm because as soon as your body temp drops you're going to start running into problems.  If possible, use an old pair of shoes becuase they're going to get wet, squishy and probably pretty dirty.  I hate it when I have dirty shoes (but that's probably just one of my OCD tendencies).  Do wear a cap, it'll help to keep the rain out of your eyes.  If you have a set of shades with a clear lens, even better (I still need to get something like that).

Now the first and most important thing when you're done your rain run is strip your clothes and hop into the shower, because if you don't warm yourself back up you're probably going to catch a cold which will horribly throw your training off.  Stretching eating and what not can wait till later in the case of rain runs because getting yoruself dry and warm is a little bit more important.  If you can avoid doing too long of runs in the rain it'll be good because when you're shoes get waterlogged, you'll likely get more rubbing which will lead to blisters which suck.

Now the best thing is if you can avoid rain runs then that's probably your best bet, like me right now.  If I went running now instead of first thing this morning, I'd even have sun, but if you must, dress light, don't go too long, and make sure you're nice and warm after.

~Cheers