20 miles 2:52:05 8:36 ave. The way the wind was howling this morning while I was still in bed had me thinking I was going to bag this 20 miler. I don't like to run long in the wind. It had died down by the time I got out of bed at about 5:15. It was warm and breezy so I figured the run was on. Rain and wind was in the forecast so I didn't want to do an out and back. I decided to run at the track so if the wind kicked up I'd only be dealing with it half the time. The first hour was warm and calm. The rain started to fall lightly, stayed that way for a while and the last 4 miles were in heavy rain. The last mile was my fastest at 7:50, the prior 4 were eights. My body is thanking me for doing this run on the soft, flat surface of the track. I'm thinking of staying away from the B Street mountain for a while and do more miles on the track. | 