Day 18: The Weather

 

I am so grateful for the feeling of running in the rain. My first memories of running in the rain are from high school, when during track practice our coach would motivate us to run miles through the freezing rain by saying, "Columbus (a rival high school) isn't running through the rain!", planting the idea that doing a difficult thing would make you a better and stronger competitor. So the first thing I love about it is the idea of facing adversity and running straight into it, head down, with determination. 

Second, and somewhat opposite of that first thought, I love how running through the rain feels like freedom. There's something about rain hitting your face that feels like abandon, like the rules of how things are supposed to be have been removed. It's refreshing and surprising and usually when I get done with running through the rain for a few miles, my face hurts from smiling. Cheers to running in the rain!