{"id":56,"date":"2013-02-09T07:16:53","date_gmt":"2013-02-09T07:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ramblingrunnergirl.com\/?p=56"},"modified":"2013-02-18T06:09:01","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T06:09:01","slug":"im-weird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ramblingrunnergirl.com\/?p=56","title":{"rendered":"I’m Weird…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I realize this about myself and I am completely comfortable with it.\u00a0 I have lots of quirks.\u00a0 Lindsey quirk #1- I absolutely refuse to eat carrots, but that\u2019s really beside the point.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s no big secret that runners are kind of a different breed.\u00a0 We enjoy things like running 26 miles at one time.\u00a0 We thrive on the excruciating pain of pushing ourselves to the point of puking. We say things like, \u201cThis Gu is delicious.\u00a0 It really tastes like peanut butter.\u201d And being halfway through a 20 miler when the sun just starts to show itself on a Saturday morning, when the rest of the world is sleeping, is exhilarating to runners everywhere.\u00a0 But my<\/i><\/b> absolute favorite?\u00a0 Going out to run in the rain and getting soaked to the skin.<\/p>\n

On race day, I am thrilled when it\u2019s raining. \u00a0I watch the 10 day forecast, celebrating as the chance of precipitation rises. \u00a0I\u2019ve always said I do my best work in the rain.\u00a0 Every race I can think of that I\u2019ve run in the rain, be it a light mist or a heavy downpour, it usually ends with a PR.\u00a0 There is just something about the way the humidity opens up my lungs and I find my mojo.\u00a0 I stay hydrated.\u00a0 But I think more than anything, the rain makes me put everything else aside and just say\u2026I\u2019m out here getting wet, so I might as well go for it, no holding back.\u00a0 Something about willingly going out fully clothed with the intention of getting drenched makes me feel a little bit like a badass.\u00a0 And if I\u2019m gonna label myself as such, I need to prove it.\u00a0 So, I lay it on the line.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, I spent the morning at work, watching the rain fall outside, counting the minutes until I could run the hills of Babler.\u00a0 I got there with exactly 50 minutes until I had to pick my kids up from school.\u00a0 School is about 12 minutes away. I had 38 minutes to run the 4 mile loop. No problem. I jumped out of the car into a steady fall of rain, and got after it. I finished in 33:45, with time to spare. But as I ran in the dampness, it made me think back to some of my favorite running in the rain moments\u2026<\/p>\n