The east coast got pounded Wednesday night and Thursday by tropical storm Nicole. We had flood warnings and a tornado watch. There were accidents everywhere and the major roads were basically a parking lot. This was definitely one of those times when I was glad I have a treadmill.
Except I wasn’t. I really had no desire to run six miles on the treadmill. I procrastinated for as long as I could. Finally (after the tornado watch was over), I decided to run outside. If it were raining on race day, I’d run it. I’ve run two half marathons in torrential rain and survived. Why exactly did I think it was too awful out for a run? As it turns out, the rain let up while I was running and it was a fairly pleasant run. Even with not stopping Garmin at the ridiculous number of red lights I hit, I ran the six miles at slightly under a ten minute pace.
So, another 100 mile month. Only three more to go and I’ll have hit 100 every month in 2010!
And Beer Geek asked, when I told him about running outside in the rain, “if a tornado picks you up and then drops you a couple of miles away, do those miles count in your running total?” General consensus seems to be “Hell, Yes!”
Apparently the Running Gods have smiled favorably upon you!
Great job getting out there! I'm glad the weather cleared up a little for you. We didn't really get hit hard until over night (it kind of skimmed by NYC all day yesterday) but my hubs and I decided not to go to the gym this morning because it was REALLY coming down. I am definitely glad nicole is leaving the area! I hope there isn't too many damage in your town!
You are a hardcore Mama 🙂
Yes, you get to count the mileage. You are doing great with the miles! Keep it up!
Running in the rain can be pretty refreshing! Oh, and I totally agree with your answer to Beer Geek's question. They TOTALLY would count.
Great job with the miles!
You're so brave. I live in the desert and afraid I might melt if I had to run in the rain. Hehehehehe
I definitely say yes! Good for you getting out there. I had stomach cramps and that combined with rain is just too much. One or the other, I can do it, but I totally punked out yesterday.
you bet they count.Awesome.Love this post!
Tornado miles should count for double!
Nice job getting the 100 miles! Woot woot!
Yup. Tornado miles totally count.
I never like starting a run in the rain, but it's always worth it!
Tornado miles definitely count. Congrats on another 100 mile month!
Love Beer Geek's comment! Funny!I am thinking about going to Windsor next weekend and going on a bike ride I have read about. If so I will go to the race and be an awesome cheerleader. I'll let you know.
I would much prefer tornado running to treadmill runnning. Nice job getting your 6 in.
I am in the same boat this week, do.not.want.to.run. Go figure! Love Beer Geek's thinking! And glad you were spared the tornado ;)Hope you're having a great weekend!