Running in the rain....

Friday turned into a delightful and beautiful day, work wasn't great but all of my crisis's were finally managed and the weekend was here. If I doubted why I have always quit when I have been a manager in the past, I now remember the why fairly clearly. Enough on work as what I really needed was to get a run in for stress relief as well as for training purposes. I saw it was raining as I left work and I smiled. You see, unlike some folks, I love running in the rain. Preferably, I can get started before it rains hard but anytime I am out in the rain, I have a blast.

On Friday, I got to Lebanon Hills around 5:30 and oddly enough no one else was there. It was raining fairly hard and it was a bit cold as the temp was only around 40F. I got myself ready and headed out on the trails. It was muddy and my Rucky Chucky's seemed to do pretty well in the mud, there were still some icy sections and the RC's seemed to do ok on it as well, too bad I didn't have them in Kansas. Although this mud was nothing compared to that and as I thought a bit more about Kansas the main problem there wasn't just the mud but it was all the mud on the hills with all of the sharp turns. Lebanon Hills has very few 90 to 180 degree turns. So I was able to just slosh my way along taking in the sights of a nice cold spring rain and watching as the snow was melting away and life was coming back to the woods. Soon the leaves will appear and the trails will once again be enclosed in the shade and seclusion of the trees and the brush so it was nice to look around and see things that will soon disappear. I do so love jumping into the puddles as I run as it brings back long gone memories.

I have come to appreciate and enjoy rain as it means it isn't snowing, it won't be too hot and usually it isn't too cold and if it is windy well, I am on the trails where the wind is reduced by the trees. Through the years I have run in the rain many, many times and I have come to really enjoy it especially when you add in trails as it always provides me a nice quiet time to soak everything in and it seems to cleanse my mind. It allows me to remember what's important in life and after a nice run in the rain, I seem ready to face whatever else comes along. So as the song says bring on the rain.

Jo Dee Messina, Bring on the Rain
(billy montana/helen darling)

Another day has almost come and gone
Can't imagine what else could go wrong
Sometimes I'd like to hide away somewhere and lock the door
A single battle lost but not the war ('cause)

Tomorrow's another day
And I'm thirsty anyway
So bring on the rain

It's almost like the hard times circle 'round
A couple drops and they all start coming down
Yeah, I might feel defeated,
And I might hang my head
I might be barely breathing - but I'm not dead (no)

Tomorrow's another day
And I'm thirsty anyway
So bring on the rain

No I'm not gonna let it get me down
I'm not gonna cry
And I'm not gonna lose any sleep tonight ('cause)

Tomorrow's another day
And I am not afraid
So bring on the rain

Tomorrow's another day
And I'm thirsty anyway
So bring on the rain

(Bring on, bring on the rain)
No, not gonna let it get me down
I'm not gonna cry
So bring on the rain
(Bring on, bring on the rain)
(Bring on the rain, Bring on the rain)