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September 28, 2004
Rainy Day
This morning I was hoping I would be up for a morning run. I did surprisingly get to bed by 11 and probably was asleep by 11:15. I was pretty beat and fell right to sleep. When my alarm went off at 6 a.m. I heard the rain coming down and thought how cozy it would be to sleep in until 8!!! That would give me a record for number of hours I have slept in the past month. I really did not think twice. I feel right back to sleep and when I woke up at 8 a.m. I thought the school should have a rain day in addition to a mountain day...............
You know those rainy days when you just want to stay cuddled in bed all day long and not do anything. No worries about what HAS to get done or what you SHOULD be doing. If there were a rainy day I'd propose that people "could" stay in bed as long as possible, all day if desirable. People could then have a fire in their fireplaces or in lieu of that put a nice warm television show on such as the Wizard of Oz. Then you could cuddle up on the couch with a fleece blanket or blanket of your choice and read a good book or watch a classic movie. You might want to have some hot cocoa or hot tea. Perhaps you'd make some popcorn or maybe have some soup with a little hot sandwich. This could all be done in the comfort of your home. It could be possible that you'd be feeling restless by mid-afternoon so you might put on your brightest cloths and head outside for some fun in the rain, maybe you'd go for a crazy trail run and stomp along the puddles or perhaps take an amazing mountain bike ride, or maybe you'd just watch those crazy rain lovers from your window seat of your room. When you returned from your outdoor rainy fun you could take a nice long warm shower or even better a great bubble bath and listen to the rain falling on the window. You could wrap up the evening with another warm fire, maybe a nice vegetable pie (home-made preferably by someone who is looking out for you :) ), and then maybe have some nice home-made cookies and slowly wander off to sleep. That would be a nice Rain Day! Maybe I can suggest that at a College Board meeting??
...............well.. I could not have a self imposed Rain Day today.. although, one of these days maybe I will .. and maybe I'll throw in a Snow day as well.... for today I had to get back to the drawing boards of my current life.........
Today's drawing board was packed from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m. I had classes, work, and practice that occupied that time frame. I am getting better at my book repair job so I am relieved about that problem. The team ran a workout on the home course today and I rode my bike alongside of them and cheered them on. I had tons of rain gear on so I stayed dry. They had such good attitudes and no one complained. I was impressed.
At 7 p.m. one of the graduate students who teaches squash offered a squash class for anyone who was interested. I showed up about 15 minutes late and had a blast. It is a very fast, fun game. I am looking forward to playing again sometime soon (in all of my spare time!!) I played for about 45 minutes.
When I was done I was going to head straight home to start my work. However, I was already pretty soaked and really wanting to do a little run. I decided to run on the treadmill (can you believe I did that, after all of my dreaming about running in the puddles on Rain Day?). Why did I run on the treadmill? Well, I thought it would be an efficient workout. I had to meet my friend at 8:30 to work on a project so I figured this would give me enough time to do three miles. Since I was already pretty warmed up I decided to run 3 miles at 7 minute pace. I felt really good the entire time and picked it up to 6.45 for the last 1/2-mile. My quad did not bother me at all so I was very happy. I am always skeptical if the treadmill pace is accurate. It seems so different. I can stand it for about a 1/2 hour but after that I really want to get off and my first choice is always trails. The one downside to the treadmill was that I was running inside and it was really hot. I was sweating a lot. When I was finished I was really happy to squeeze something in. I started to do some sit ups and gave up after about 15 because I was pretty warm from the bike and anxious to take a shower and start my work. Tomorrow morning I am meeting Alison for a run so I better stop procrastinating and get to work so I can get up
Posted by mary at September 28, 2004 6:43 PM
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Wow, I got really into that fantasy, until you cruelly brought us back to reality. You're definitely on to something...
Posted by: Alison at September 28, 2004 7:20 PM
Mary -- it's a good thing you don't live in Seattle...or you might never get anything done in the rain. your perfect rain day sounds very very relaxing...you forgot to mention the whippet cosmo snuggled up next to you...acting as a little furnace keeping your feet warm...in case the blanket should fall off the bed/chair, etc...! I can't wait to see you soon Mary. I can't believe you are already running sub 7 minute miles on the treadmill after your 100k. Wowzers. More soon. Liz
Posted by: Liz at September 29, 2004 12:00 AM
Yes, Indeed.. Liz.. I did foget about the little whippet snuggled up next to you on the couch on the rainy afternoon day! The whippet would act as a great generator of heat. I remember the numerous times Cosmo was able to keep my feet warm in the middle of the night. Oh... I only ran sub 7 min for the last 1/2 mile of a three mile run.. and today I was definitely tired from my "efforts". I heard you had a great workout. I can't wait to go and read about it. I am excited to see you too!
Posted by: Mary at September 29, 2004 6:26 AM