So Kata and I went through to Glasgow for the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony on Sunday 3rd August. It was poring down pretty much all day. We went early to watch Kata's friend Claire ride in the cycling road race and we saw her a couple of times on her 7 laps of the course. It was a good day out and I am so glad we made it through to soak up (Ha! A pun!) the atmosphere. We saw the medal ceremony after the race at Glasgow Green so that was cool too.
So anyway, it was pouring down. This doesn't do it justice believe me, but here's the view from our hotel window...
To make matters worse, there was no hot water in the room (broken boiler apparently) so no hot shower. Faced with a run in the pouring rain followed by a cold shower, I was sorely tempted to use the treadmill in the gym. I just couldn't make myself do it though. I felt that it was cheating, that to be running "properly" I had to be moving forward. I felt like if I ran every day for a year but one of the days on a treadmill, then there would always be that 'but'. Ran 365 days in a row*
*one day on a treadmill.
So I manned up and ran through the rain. So glad I did. Saw David Millar our doing his race and the atmosphere was still good despite the downpour.
All in all, a great day and the running run runs on.
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