AM - no running - gotta get out of this mode. I would really like to split my runs up into two semi-equal sections. PM - 7 easy miles, no Garmin, just with the watch. In the rain. It's hard to justify getting some adequate rain gear when it almost never rains here in Phoenix. What I have is functional, but the water ends up soaking through by the end of the run on my top. I have some dryroad pants that do a fairly good job with the legs. Total time for the run was 55:03, average pace of 7:52/mile. Seems about right, may be a titch short with the distance, but not by much at all. The run felt good. One of the nice things about the rain gear is that with the swish-swish of my legs and arms, it is actually very easy to get into a good rhythm. On another note, I had a disappointing experience today with a race I was planning on entering - I was going to do the Lost Dutchman 1/2 marathon, which is on February 17. I was all excited about running in it - last year's winning time was 1:36:43. But then I took a closer look at the date and realized it was on a Sunday. Now I am trying to decide whether I should run it or not. I am leaning towards not, since I had decided not to run PF Changs because it was on a Sunday as well. I don't want to feel like a hypocrite, and I don't want to feel like I am breaking the Sabbath. Boy, what do you know, just blogging about it actually strengthens my resolve to not run it, regardless of how well I can do. There is another 1/2 marathon on Feb 2 that I will do instead, called London's run.
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