Rainy days and Thursdays

Today was an ordinary day of training. 4.1 in the morning in the drizzle. Work all day and 6.1 in the evening for 10.2 for the day. An easy day. I tried to run slow and easy both runs so I will be rested for tomorrow's runs. Tomorrow's plan is 4 in the morning and a 3 mile tempo + 8x 200 in the afternoon.
In my soft running years, the years when I ran enough to call myself a runner but not seriously enough to run fast I would always avoid running in the rain. It seems whenever I ran in the rain I would get sick. But when you are trying to average 70 a week you can't miss many runs because of rain. I have relearned that running in the rain is not so bad if you are dressed for it. The first 10 minutes are a bit uncomfortable but soon you can't even feel it.
This is the official rainy season in Japan. When I first came to Japan many years ago many people warned me about the rainy season and how miserable it was. I had all of these expectations of monsoons but was pleasantly surprised that rainy season in Japan means it usually rains during the day, but not all day and not so hard usually. And it only lasts a month or so. Growing up in Washington State made Japan's rainy season seem like a piece of cake. In Washington it can rain consistently through the whole winter with out much letup. So for the next month or so I will have to get used to being wet.