Determined or Crazy?

I'm not really sure so you'll have to tell me.

Tonight after work, I dug into my workout bag to find two right running shoes. The first thing I thought was "um, helpful." It was too late to run home and make it back to the track for our Thursday night SPEED workout so I just headed home feeling a little frustrated.

Determined not to miss my run, I layered on the running clothes, found a left shoe and ventured out into the rain with two purposes. 1. Run 5-6 miles and 2. Purchase pumpkin and cheese for tonight's dinner

It was raining pretty hard, but I just got my run on for about 4 miles until heading into the store. I won't lie, I definitely got a few crazy looks for walking around the store in drenched running clothes.

This is what determined/crazy looks like.

I finished nearly 6 miles in 49:40 with a few fast miles of 7:38 and 7:22 before I told myself to scale it back a bit. The run home was fairly dry (albeit awkward carrying a can of pumpkin and bag of cheese) until the last 5 minutes when the sky just opened up.

It was kind of a cleansing feeling with the rain just pouring down on me. Here's to a happy Friday! This has been a hell of a week. What are your plans for the weekend?

Oh and in case you were wondering, I made pumpkin black bean enchiladas. I followed this recipe. It was pretty good, but not out of this world.

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