Sweaty and Tired

I was feeling better today but didn't manage to get up early enough to run before Braman left for work. Once I did get up it was raining, and raining, and raining.

About 11 o'clock it stopped raining and the radar looked pretty clear so I packed up the kids (which took some time) and we eventually headed out for our run. (We only ran three miles today instead of the scheduled four because I was just trying to get back in the routine again.)

While the rain had brought the temperature down (the thermometer said it was 75 degrees), it had done nothing for the humidity. (We've been back from our run for only about 15 minutes and wunderground.com says the humidity is currently 84%!)

It was like running in the shower. My shirt got instantly soaked and I had sweat dripping off my elbows. Gross, I know.

Add that to the fact that Braman let some air out of the stroller tires so the kids would have a smoother ride (think pushing a cement truck uphill) and that I'm still a little tired from being sick and you don't have the most successful outing ever.

But I finished the run and only had to answer minimal questions and respond to a few comments from Larsson. ("Will we see anything interesting?" "What is milkweed?" "Where do groundhogs live?" "Where do raccoons live?" "What do you think the farmer will do with all of this corn?" "This road needs to be repaired. There are CRACKS in it!")

Nora fell asleep early on and then, surprisingly for a morning run, Larsson fell asleep, too. So here they are relaxing in the yard while I stretched on the porch.


We finished in 37:36, not my worse time but close to it. I think I'm going to ask Braman to pump the tires back up. And I don't plan to run close to noontime again.