Moping

For some reason, it seems like every time our Tuesday trail run is scheduled for the US National Whitewater Center, it rains. Which shuts the trails down. Which I hate, because the USNWC is my favorite place to run around here. 14 miles of trails, beginner to highly technical mountain biking, so a runner can pick and choose a longer, flatter run or a run with more climbs. As I continue training for my trail marathons and ultra(s?) in 2010, I'll definitely be wearing the hell out of those trails. Plus, at $40 for a year-long pass, it's a great deal. Assuming it doesn't rain every time I want to run there.
Of course, running on wet trails is a necessary skill, so a place like Renaissance Park, which simply asks that you don't use the trails for 24 hours after rain, is great. I only feel slightly dickish for violating those rules, mainly because it's for bikes more than runners, since they can skid and slide more than we do. Unless it's seriously muddy, in which case the trails are screwed no matter what. 7 miles of trails, not as fun, which I know is because of the terrain, not the design of the trails. There's only so much you can do with a forest, especially when you have no budget. God bless the volunteers. Not the Tennessee ones, they suck.

And so I did a little 4.5 mile run on the wet trails at Renaissance today. Legs weren't feeling stellar, so I cut it shorter than I had planned, but with temps in the 60's, how could I not run? Slipped and fell at the very end, if it wasn't for the high temperatures, I wouldn't have been out there, but I'm still glad I did it. Never regretting a run you did, and all that jazz. On that note, how is that the home of Broadway ruled against gay marriage?