November Rain

My updates seem to be more periodic than usual.
Besides the stress relief in general, running helped to calm my angst today. Had a bit of a "tat" with someone this morning and I left for my run with frustration and dissatisfaction. If you were on the road this morning and seen a man barking at the air, that would've been me. I can picture someone driving down the road and saying, "Why is that guy talking to himself?" haha. The run didn't solve the problem, but it damn sure helped me calm down and relax and think things through. That's why it is so important to back off during a dissagreemeant and breathe - yelling never fixes anything . After 2 miles into my run, I was in the "chill zone" and felt better.
Now to the run: I left the house to a chilly 48 degrees with a non-stop 20 mph wind. I wore 2 coolmax shirts, jogging pants, and gloves and also brought my mp3 player for the first time in a few months. Plan was for 8 miles at a leisurely pace. The main goal today was to simply log miles! Around mile 5, the rain started and within a few minutes the big gusts and sideways heavy rain hit. It was difficult to keep my head up due to the stinging rain. Don't think that this was a bad run, because it wasn't. I felt refreshed after and the rain was suprisingly nice. Cold, stinging at times - but weirdly nice. Okay maybe it was that I just needed to RUN! Run Dave Run! :)
I knocked out 7.75 miles in 1:21:15. (10:29 pace)