It is definitely fall! I am so happy I got new fall running clothes last weekend because yesterday I seriously needed them. With all the rain we’ve been getting, I am used to cloudy, gloomy Saturday morning runs, but yesterday, it actually rained on us. My new running tights and long sleeved running shirt were welcome in the low 50s temperatures.
When we set out, we were freezing…well Megan and I were at least. The wind blew so hard running over the Key Bridge to the C&O canal trail that it blew my hat off my head. Luckily Bennett caught it. Slowly we warmed up some as we ran, dodging mud and puddles. First the sky was spitting and then it was drizzling harder. We were all just hoping that it didn’t full out start raining.
We got a reprieve from the rain for a few miles in the middle of our run. The sun even teased us a bit threatening to come out. But it did not. Towards the end of our run it started raining again. There was also some sort of race that day on the C&O trail and the runners apparently did not realize they had to share the trail. Someone almost ran straight into us because she was running on our side of the trail and not paying attention. It was like running into a heard of people. Running back across the Key Bridge the rain felt like stinging pellets of water in the cold wind. We were so ready to be done and back in dry warmth at that point.
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