Rain!

I said this post was going to be about football but we aren't even going to discuss that topic right now... If you were around App's campus at all Saturday you would know why :(. Yesterday I started out my six miles hoping the run would improve my mood. I had been feeling disagreeable all day and simply wanted to get out of my room. I ran around King Street then to the Convocation Center, up 105 and back. (details) By the time I was back on campus big gray clouds began to worry me. It was already sprinkling outside and I didn't want to be poured on and mess up my phone. I had run about four and a half miles when I stopped and went to the Quinn to finish the mile and a half on a treadmill. Sure enough, clouds broke loose and rain persisted for the rest of the afternoon. The run was very enjoyable. I was surprised that I could go on that long without becoming extremely uncomfortable. I kept my pace around 8 and a half minutes per mile which really isn't bad at all. My mood became much better as I ran on. I didn't stop to take pictures (I certainly don't have any from the game but I do have one from before the game just to make this post prettier) because I didn't want to stop running and then not be able to start back. I was proud of myself after this run. It makes me feel confident that I can run a half marathon and then hopefully conquer the 26.2 in the near future. I have been looking over my schedule and I may need to make improvments, especially since I don't have a half marathon lined up in my schedule yet. Today I am supposed to run three miles. Rain has been consistent lately so I may have to take this run inside. I went to King Street yesterday afternoon to shop for my mom a birthday present and as I was in Mast General Store I overheard one of the employers say that snow days in winter coorelate with foggy days in summer... and there has certainly been many foggy days in just the month that I've been here! I want to know if this is true. I'm getting excited for autumn with the cooler temperatures settling in and the tops of trees turning bright orange. I am definitely making a trip to the Blueridge Parkway in a couple of weeks just to see the beauty of these lovely Appalachian Mountains. But, autumn means winter is right around the corner and I do hope that lady was right about the snow days especially since we had such a dull winter last year. My hometown normally sees some snow every winter (we're right around the foothills) but certainly not as much as Boone. I love snow. Upperclassmen tell me that I won't love it by the time I graduate but I'm not going to believe them :). Have a good rest of your day! 

Two of my friends and my RA from last year with me in the middle