Rain Training with Uta: Why 'It's Raining So I Can't' Isn't a Reason

This one posted on September 12, 2026, and it is not a flashy session. It is just Uta running in the rain, on purpose.

The idea behind it is simple. Race day does not check the forecast before it happens. If she can only run on dry days, she has not actually built the thing she needs.

Why this session

The excuse 'it's raining so I can't' is an easy one to reach for, and I get why. Nobody really wants to go out in wet shoes and a wet shirt. But the real meets she runs are not cancelled for rain, so if she has only ever trained in good conditions, the first time she deals with wet pavement and cold hands would be on the day it actually counts. That is the gap we are trying to close here.

What the session was

This was straightforward rain running, not a special workout with splits or interval numbers attached. The video description does not give a distance or pace, and I am not going to make one up. What it shows is Uta out in the rain, moving, not stopping. The point was less about hitting a number and more about proving to herself that rain is not a wall.

How it actually went

She kept going. That is really the whole story of this one. No stopping to complain, no asking to cut it short. My job on days like this is mostly standing there with a towel and making sure she is not freezing, not overdoing it, and that we stop if it turns from 'a bit wet and annoying' into something actually unsafe, like lightning or a downpour with poor visibility. Weather training only makes sense if a parent is still the one deciding when enough is enough.

Anything left over that matters

The hashtag she uses for these is '#本番に強くなる', getting stronger for race day, and that is really the whole philosophy behind this account. It is not about one dramatic session. It is a lot of ordinary ones like this, stacked up, so that when conditions are bad on the day that matters, she has already done it before and knows she can.

One caution if you are thinking about trying this with your own kid: rain training is fine for a light, easy run, but skip it entirely if there is thunder, flooding, or genuinely cold exposure risk, and always have dry clothes and a towel ready the moment you stop. Building toughness is the goal, not catching a cold.

Next time it rains here, I expect she will just assume she is still running. That is kind of the point.