Unavoidably Running in the Rain

Weekly Runs:

Tuesday - 5.5 easy pace
Thursday - 6.2 (10K) Run to Feed the Hungry 7:15 pace (VERY HAPPY) + 1.25 mile warm up and warm down.
Saturday - 15.5, Eric ran slow with me, which means I was running my a** off.
Wednesday - 5.2 easy pace - 9:30 per mile +/- a little

Went to Sacramento for Thanksgiving.  I was there for 6 days and it only rained one day for about 4 hours.  Of course that was exactly when I was joining 26,000 of my closest Sacramento friends for the 18th annual Run to Feed the Hungry.  It rained the entire time, but it was a lot of fun.  Here are some observations from the race:

- I found out that running in a constant and steady rain isn't that bad; however, the minute you stop running, you freeze.
- If you are trying to coordinate meeting up with your (fast) brother after the run, it helps to give him an accurate guess regarding your finishing time.  Otherwise, he'll miss you, stand in the rain, and, as mentioned above, will start to freeze.  Brothers don't like that. 
- If you aren't going to run an X-minute per mile pace, DON'T LINE UP IN THE X MINUTE PER MILE PACE CORRAL!!!!!  I started the race at the 7-8 minute per mile corral with about 800 people in front of me.  I finished in 199th position, which means I had to wade through 600 people who were in the wrong spot.  And they didn't like that, but again, if you don't like it LINE UP IN THE CORRECT CORRAL!!!
- When I was younger, I'd finish a race like this and bound home with my limitless energy. At 42, I finish the race and shuffle home like a sloth. 

My brother, Eric, finished 128th out of 2,341 timed runners (a bunch didn't pay the $5 extra to get timed) with a time of 42:44 or 6:53pace.  Great race, his 1k intervals are paying off and he on pace for a great CIM Marathon time this weekend.  Good luck Eric.

I finished 199th (very stoked to not be "Mr. 200") with a time of 44:57 and a pace of 7:15.  I exceeded my expectations.

Injury update:
- I've decided that this year my foot is going to be problematic throughout the training process and as long as I'm smart about my training I should be OK, but it's going to be close.  Also, heavy doses of my chiropractor, ice and massages are in order. 

Help me send my marathon finisher medal to a person who survived her fight with cancer by clicking on this link: http://pages.teamintraining.org/dm/pfchangs12/mnortonnpu