In keeping with the theme of bad weather running, today’s 16 mile run featured moderate to heavy rain with 7-10 mph winds gusting significantly higher. Starting temperature was 49 degrees, which fell to 43-44 degrees by the end of the run. I was drenched and cold by the end, but it got done.
The biggest challenge was figuring out how to deal with the temperature drop. Normally, you want to be a little cool at the start of the run, knowing you’ll heat up as the run goes on. Today I knew that despite my body warming up as the run went on, the dropping temps and chill from the wind and soaking rain would make it too cold as I got deeper into the run. In this case, I had to start overdressed and slightly overheating, knowing that the conditions would eventually normalize things. That strategy seemed to work well.