I went to North Park for my  long run this afternoon.  It was really quiet, and I only saw seven other runners while I was there.  I was not surprised, it has been raining all day.

After my legs felt better on my long ride yesterday, I was not as apprehensive about my long run today.  It was an easy paced run, but was a long one. My scheduled run was an hour and forty five minutes long. 

I was planning on running early in the day, but woke up to find torrential rain outside.  I took a quick look at the radar, and could see that there was a high chance, that it would be raining all day.  The good news, if you can call it that, was that the rain would ease off later in the day.  I was OK with running in the rain, as long as it wasn’t pouring down. I decided that I would run after lunch.

This proved to be a good decision. The morning was filled with heavy rain and thunderstorms, but after lunch we had intermittent showers, albeit quite heavy ones. I did end up running in the rain, and I got very wet.  I also had a pretty good run.  My legs held up well, and I ran 12.5 miles, mostly alone.

Running in the rain was quite nice.  The temperature was in the high 50’s and I dressed appropriately.  This evening, my legs are a little sore, but after my longest run since Oceanside, I am not surprised.  I think I am close to being back to normal, which is a good thing, with a big week of training ahead.