Sunday, rainy sunday....

Another rainy day in Seattle, okay, today was one of those "you said you were gonna do it, and the easiest thing you can do right now is find an excuse not to." Pouring rain, new running route (running the Lowman-Lincoln Park Route in reverse so that I get the hill climb out of the way first), it puts about a 150ft hill climb into the first 1/3rd or so of a mile the the rest in flats and some small up and downs. The whole route has an elevation change of 184ft up, then back down. Not too bad of a time, 2.85 in 23 minutes, could do a little better on that one though. Well the pic is me post running, soaked through the underarmour, but luckily I wrapped my mp3 player in a plastic bag before putting it in my armband. I hated the idea of going running, and when it was drizzling earlier, I kept putting it off, but I gave myself a deadline that I had to be running by 1800, no excuses. Then the skies opened, and it started pouring. I guess that's when I had to dig deep and accept no excuses. Once I was dressed, things started to get easier, and by the time my key was in the lock, walking out the door, I was over the apprehension, and I was just feeling good about it. Then the cold rain, wet pavement, and a 150ft climb, and I was feeling great, wondering why I procrastinated for so long. Music pounding in my ears, and I knew that even though it was no marathon, and not even close to a triathlon, that today I had won against my procrastination. Today was one small win against myself.