While the morning was overcast and blah, this week's fundraising went very well! Between new donations and company match contributions, another $525 was donated to DFMC and The Claudia Adams Barr Program! Between 94 donors, a total of $6710.80 has been raised for the supported research programs. As always, thank you to everyone for your support. It will definitely make a difference and helped make this morning's run in the rain more enjoyable, ok, well perhaps not enjoyable, but rewarding at least!
This morning's group run out of Waltham was canceled a few weeks ago unfortunately. Having been spoiled with a large group of people, water stops and a base of operations where we could leave our stuff, this morning we slummed it, though I'm not quite sure if Brookline and Newton are "slumming it" towns? 5 of us from the DFMC team met at Coolidge Corner, carried our own water and ran through the drizzle, overcast and eventually the rain for 14+ miles (Coolidge Corner to Woodland and back). The worst part wasn't the rain that started to come down harder for the last 3 miles, but the slush and puddles from the overnight sleet and snow. With the warming temps, this all melted and the puddles were unavoidable; they were also really cold!
My uncertainty going into the run was obviously about the muscle strain in my thigh and how it would hold up. It took a few minutes for my muscles to loosen up, but once they did, things felt ok. I could still feel some low grade ache while running for a majority of the run, but it never increased in pain, which I took to be a good thing. I'll see how it responds after a day and more before deciding on the training place for the week, but last week's conservative approach was definitely the right one!
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