Kudos to the Superheroes Among Us

There is something so amazing about running with a Run Club. Every now and then you find yourself struggling with your goal/pace/distance. You want to fall back. You want to give up: cancel those goals, forget that pace, and drop that distance! Because you know you just can't do it.

And that's when something amazing happens. Another runner - a faster runner - slows down so they can run with you, and encourage you through your run. They don't do it because they get any training benefit from it; they do it because they want is to see you break through those mental demons and come out triumphant in the end.

And you feel like that person is

It happened with me the other day. It wasn't the first time, and it won't be the last. These are the people that make Run Club so special.

You know who you are! You are a Superhero.

The Witching Hour

Weather is no excuse not to come, Run Club told me on my first day. We'll still run...besides, there's an uncanny truth about running in Eau Claire from 6-7pm. It doesn't rain.

Well, the other day when I dragged my reluctant butt out to Run Club it was raining. And boy, was I ever squawking about that rain!

This pretty much sums up my feelings of running in the rain

"Liars!" I cried out to anyone who would listen (and even those who were blatantly trying not to. "They promised us it wouldn't rain. And look at it. Look. At. It."

But then something funny happened...just as we shuffled outside, the rain let up. Instead of a downpour of icy water, it was a cooling mist tickling our skin. Hmm, not too bad. Not too bad at all.

Apparently, our Run Club leaders are right. There is some sort of Witching Hour over Eau Claire between 6-7pm when the rain clears up. No complaints from me! And I guess that means...no more excuses about weather, either.