My top hurdle in training for the NYC Marathon is consistency, so a hard rain is a good test of the will. The thought of running in the rain yesterday — and the desire for an extra bit of sleep — persuaded me to scrap plans for a city run yesterday, though I still did an easy six-miler in New Haven. The rain had stopped by then.
This morning, I wasn't so lucky. It had been a relatively dry summer, until a colossal storm front took hold last night and persisted into today. I'll admit, for a moment I considered bailing on my scheduled tempo run, but that would have set me back in the marathon training plan in a serious way. So I pulled on non-cotton shirt and shorts, as well as my goofy fisherman's hat, and hit the puddle-strewn sidewalk.
The route went along the West River, around the Yale Bowl and through Edgewood Park. And I actually felt better about the run this morning than any training run so far. The cooler temperature surely has something to do with it.
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