Cold Front

So the weatherman has been promising a cold front all week. For me that meant an afternoon high of 89 degrees and an afternoon run I could look forward to. Hubby was out of town on business overnight, so I couldn't run before work, and I was actually dreading having to run indoors on the treadmill. It's boring, tedious and repetitive. But having been sick earlier in the week, my rest days had already been used. Then the clouds rolled in and the temperature cooled to just under 90 degrees and I decided I would chance it and run outside. And I'm so glad I did. It's nice to occasionally get to run when it's bright and sunny ( instead of running with the vampires in the wee early hours before daylight) and to be able to see where exactly I'm going. I used the daylight as an opportunity to explore a new route, one with lots of shade and relatively flat since I wanted to save my legs for the hills on my 7 mile run in the morning. Today's pace was much quicker than yesterday which I'll attribute to a few things.
A. I spent the entire run upright and not lying on the ground or falling towards said ground.
B. It was still fairly warm out and I was ready to be in the haven of the air conditioning soon.
C. I was enjoying myself.
Letter C I think is the key to every run. I read an article today that said 30% of runners let a run affect their day if it's a bad run. Which I found surprising. I've had plenty of challenging runs in all types of temperatures, and I've only ever abandoned 1 run. It was early on in my running career (please note that I am using the word career very sarcastically here) and I had just been hospitalized. Needless to say I wasn't in tip top physical shape yet. But even then I wouldn't say that run or any other run has affected my mood in a negative way. Each time I hit a snafu, or it doesn't go as planned ( i.e. falling on my face at 5 am) I take it as a lesson learned and find a way to use it to improve my training. I still figure I'm ahead of all those other people who didn't get out of bed for a run, or couldn't. The fact that I can and do is something I am always thankful for.