Rainin n Runnin

I used to mock people I would see running at ungodly hours of the morning or running in the rain. "What are they trying to prove?!" and "Who are the trying to impress?" Today I was that girl running in the rain at ungodly hours of the morning (I know 7 a.m. isn't all that ungodly but I'm taking some dramatic liberties here). Now I get it, they weren't trying to impress anyone or prove anything, they were running for themselves...because they wanted to!! Who knew?!

Just finished week two of my half marathon training, so far not so horrible =)
Running hurts. I think I was naive thinking that since my knees hadn't bothered me in months they would just cruise through a six month program designed to get me to a 13 mile run. Week two that rose colored fantasy hit a bump in the road, they aren't injured but they are sore, so sore my trainer told me not to do the weekday runs. I was discouraged at first but was reminded by people in the know that this is a long training program and it's all a marathon, not a race. So, ice and ibuprofen have become my new best friends and I'll continue to take it easy until my knees realize that I am not going to surrender to a little pain!