Saturday mornings, I run with my friends.

This morning, we were a bit worried about the weather. We had plans to meet at 8:30 a.m.

Around 7:30, one of my friends sent out an email to see if we were still planning on going. It was pouring by her house.

Another friend responded that we’ll see what happens in an hour!

I immediately went and checked the Live Super Doppler Radar, which looked like this at the time:

I had high hopes. It looked like the storm would be moving out of the way. I started getting ready to go.

One last check at 8:00 produced the following:

Excellent! It looked like we’d be clear for a little while.

We altered our plans to run in a park with a four-mile loop, with the option to add a couple paths to bring it a little over five.

There were some shelters in the park, just in case a predicted thunderstorm rolled through. (Normally, thunderstorms immediately cancel runs, but it only seemed to be raining.)

When we started, it was foggy, but no rain. It was actually a bit warm, around 50F and humid.

About 20 minutes into the run, we took a brief break to tie our jackets around our waists.

Not a minute later, the skies opened up. Of course, my partly water-resistant jacket was now around my waist, and my tech shirt got drenched.

It poured for just a few minutes, but the damage was done. I did, however, swap the soggy shirt with the windbreaker at our bathroom/water stop. Still wet, but more comfortable!

After the loop, half the group wanted more mileage and took the shorter four-mile option. A friend and I decided our bodies were done running for the day, and chose to walk two more miles instead while they ran.

It rained again, but we were already wet. At least we had dry clothes in the car — we always go out for breakfast when we’re done!

Anyway, the point of this post is that yes, I run in terrible weather, and we realize we’re crazy!

Here is a list of most of the races I have run since I started in 2004:

1. 5/2/2004 – Patriot’s Cup Corporate Challenge 8K
2. 11/21/2004- Cold Turkey 10k
3. 2/12/2005 – Annapolis Striders Valentine’s Day 5K 2005
4. 3/6/2005 – B&A; Trail Marathon/Half Marathon – Trail Run – 13.1Mi
5. 6/5/2005 – Womens Distance Festival 5K
6. 7/9/2005 – Women’s Distance Festival/Run After The Women 5K
7. 7/10/2005 – Women’s Distance Festival
8. 8/7/2005 – Dog Days 8k Run
9. 8/28/2005- 30th Annapolis 10 Mile Run
10. 9/3/2005 – Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon 2005
11. 9/11/2005 – Annapolis Striders B & A Trail 10K 2007
12. 10/2/2005 – Annapolis Striders Metric Marathon
13. 11/19/2005 – Cold Turkey 10K
14. 11/24/2005 – YMCA Camp Letts 10K Turkey Chase
15. 1/15/2006 – P.F. Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona Marathon & Half Marathon – Half Marathon
16. 2/11/2006 – Annapolis Striders Valentine’s Day 5K 2006
17. 5/7/2006 – Governor’s Bay Bridge Run
18. 6/18/2006 – Dawson’s Father’s Day 10K Run
19. 6/25/2006 – Baltimore Women’s Classic 5K
20. 7/9/2006 – Women’s Distance Festival
21. 8/6/2006 – Dog Days 8K Cross Country Run
22. 9/3/2006 – Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon 2006
23. 11/4/2006 – Downs Park 5 Mile Run
24. 11/19/2006 – Cold Turkey 10K
25. 12/10/2006 – Annapolis Striders Anniversary Run 15k
26. 5/6/2007 – Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon 2007 – Run-Marathon
27. 6/30/2007 – Reston Runners’ Spring into Summer WDF 5K
28. 7/8/2007 – Women’s Distance Festival 5K
29. 7/14/2007 – Women’s Distance Festival/Run After The Women 5K 2007 – RUN-5K
30. 8/25/2007 – Women’s Distance Festival 5k “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” 2007
31. 9/2/2007 – Rock n Roll Half Marathon 2007
32. 9/16/2007 – Jefferson Hospital Philadelphia Distance Run 2007
33. 11/18/2007 – Cold Turkey 10K 2007
34. 12/9/2007 – Anniversary Run 15K
35. 12/15/2007 – Celtic Solstice Five Miler 2007
36. 2/9/2008 – Annapolis Striders Valentines Day 5K 2008

I know there are some missing; these are the ones tracked by Athlinks.