Sweet Fabric:
rain

exactly what I needed today.
.

Friday is my big run day. The route begins the same as my regular run & then instead of turning back for home I continue & turn & wind & weave.

Autopilot is so weird. I often arrive at places I've driven to with no recollection of how I got there. I haven't had that experience running until today. I turned for home when I should have kept going so I ended up running an extra kilometre. Then the butterfly effect...

I was 6 minutes later getting to the garbage run. So I ran 1 km playing tag with the garbos inhaling fumes & garbage stench - yuck!

I was later getting to Camberwell which meant my coffee shop man was in full swing & I wanted to stop.

I was later getting to the main roads & I discovered that 6 minutes makes a big difference to the amount of traffic on the road.

I was later getting home which meant I got caught in the rain - YAY. Rain is my absolute favourite thing in the whole world. I love it even more now because we never get it.

Image taken by Pip. This is my favourite rainy day photo.

Everyday running...today was NOT an everyday run...it was extra special.

It was dark & raining when I ran.

I ran my hands along sodden hedges & ran through saturated low branches. I splashed in puddles & my Asics were singing...slap...squelch...slap...squelch...slap...squelch.

So, for all those folk who say they don't run because they never see a runner smiling...you should have been in my neck of the woods this morning. You would have seen me...grinning like a mad woman & having the time of my life.