The weather report called for possible thunderstorms and showers today, so I'd considered doing my run on Saturday instead of Sunday, but then I figured, what the heck. In the first place, the weather report is often wrong, and in the second place, I'm going to be training all through the winter -- I'm doubtless going to be running in rain and cold and snow at some point, so I might as well just stick to my schedule and do it.
The weather turned out to be not so bad. It sprinkled now and then, but didn't even rain enough to get the dirt wet. It was mostly cloudy and the wind was cold, but I wore my sweatpants and sweatshirt and a cotton tee-shirt (all the things they tell you not to run in) and they kept me warm enough.
What was a problem was that I ended up not bringing my timer watch along. I'd tied a shoestring around my belt to hang it from so I wouldn't have to carry it in my hand the whole time, but when I grabbed my belt to head for the truck, the shoestring and watch fell off and I didn't notice I was without it until I got to the park. It would have been a good 45 minutes, minimum, to drive back and get it, so I just ran without it. Which was... challenging, to say the least. I counted strides to estimate minutes for my run/walk ratio, and counted laps (by eating one jellybean per lap) in order to run ten laps total. I'm not sure if I ran the full two hours and eight minutes (although it must have been close -- I think I arrived at the park at around 10:45, and I ended my run at around 12:53) or the full eight miles (but ten laps should have been near that), but I got my run in, and it was close enough.
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