Coming from rain-drenched Seattle, I have never had a problem running in the rain. The challenge today was not running in the rain, it is all the changing clothes in an open field in the cold rain and waiting around to run in the rain.
I ran pretty well - 21:20 for the 6k course which contains two cruel U-turns followed immediately by severe uphill climbs. I ran second on Namban's four man B team and managed to pass a dozen or so (mostly college/high school runners) while about 3-4 runners passed me.
As far as camaraderie and team spirit, I did make an earnest effort to cheer on my mates a little bit, but I found myself spending so much of my time and energy just trying to untie my shoe laces with my frozen fingers that I missed most of teammates Paddy, Steve and Bob's heroics.
Still it was a worthwhile morning all in all, and we received an enormous souvenir "18th Tamako Ekiden" toenail clipper which I have been needing.
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