I had a change of plans as it rained most of the night and was still doing so at 5:30 this morning. My running buddy and I agreed to wait it out and go back to sleep. I got myself up by 7 and noticed that the rain had stopped. I was able to get dressed, eat and be out the door by 7:40. I realized as I was starting out that I should really get some hills in as I am running the Hot Chocolate 15k in Atlanta in a couple of weeks. Since I was running from home, I ran my other, much hillier route, which I haven't done in months. I was able to add a new shopping plaza which had sidewalks and at 8:00 in the morning, not much traffic and a new school parking lot for additional distance. This helped pass the time in a big way, as when I was done with this portion of my route, I only had just over 2 miles to go. I lucked out as well, as the rain held off until my final couple of miles and was only part for the last few tenths. My time wasn't anything special, but I ran the hills and felt good. Overall, I nice way to start the weekend.
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