Wouuuuah! The child-like pleasure of splashing in the rain.

No long run this weekend, I still feel the weight of last week's fast (for me) 10K in my legs. Ran a painful 5k yesterday, was forced to walk a few times, felt miserable. I never really warmed up, despite being appropriately dressed for the weather.

Then I went out with a friend today for a "5pm 7km". I know she's a fast runner and it was our first time running together so I was a little wary but... it went well! I succeeded at maintaining conversation most of the time yet ran faster than many times recently the whole way.

It's good to have a running friend sometimes. I truly enjoy running by myself, in part because I take that time to listen to music that I seldom have a chance to listen to. But I might have never made it outside by myself today, since it was POURING rain. It has been raining since last night so there was a lot of water on the sidewalks and trails. My tights were really heavy with all that water in them, and I had to wring my hat when I came home. But it feels really good!

I'm thinking of all of you tapering girls this weekend. Enjoy the tingling in your legs and don't forget to carbo-load (lucky yous...)!!