Today I ran in the rain

A torrential downpour/thunderstorm, to be exact!
I had less than a mile to go & was waiting to cross the main road by our house. In the minute that I waited, a few raindrops fell... and then the sky opened up. There was nothing gradual about it!
I was totally fine with it since I was so close to home but the thunder & lightning totally scared me. Let me tell you, though, it rained HARD. I could barely see while I ran. At one point, I heard someone yell & saw a guy standing in his garage, waving me over for shelter but I just smiled & waved. :)
My poor husband kept calling me but, since my phone is touchscreen & it got wet when I took it out of my SpiBelt, I couldn't answer it.
Finally made it home, where I realized too late that I hadn't stopped my Garmin so it threw off my pace. Grrr!
I was SOAKED. SOAKED!
And now my legs kill because I've ran like crap (read: barely ran)the last week & a 1/2.

No motivation to run

I skipped group run on Saturday & figured I would do the 8 miles by running on the bike path & into the beach. Nope. Woke up feeling crappy but crazy guilty so I ran a mile on the treadmill. The incline on it is either 10% or 20%, so it kicks my butt & way slows me down. After doing a 17 minute mile, I decided to at least run a bit outside. Ran 2 miles & was done.
Why didn't I just go to group run?!?!
Didn't run the scheduled 2 miles on Sunday because I felt like crap. Didn't run yesterday to make it up.
Set my alarm to run this morning & just had NO desire to run. Crawled back in bed & fell back to sleep. :(. My hubs is working nights this week, so I'm thinking I'll run later today, once he wakes up. At least, that's my plan.
Sigh.
I have no idea what happened!

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This week has been a total wash

It's Thursday. I haven't ran since SUNDAY. Tuesday? Sick. Wednesday? Still feeling like crap. Wednesday night? My awesome husband bought me a treadmill so he didn't have to continue listening to me moan about how I needed one due to weather (last week was a semi wash- seriously, it poured the majority of the week), time constraints (it's very difficult for me to get 4 miles in BEFORE he leaves for work in the morning), etc. So this way, I can run while it feels like a sauna outside, while it pours or after he's already left for work! I'm super excited! :)


In other news, I am OFFICIALLY signed up for the 1/2 marathon! Woohoo!

Only 1 more month of fundraising left- YIKES!