I can take the cold or I can take the rain but the cold and the rain is hard to take. This morning’s practice was both cold and rainy. Practice was still practice.
If you’ve done a few outdoor archery competitions you may have been caught in the rain. Shooting in the rain is a condition that will happen if you enter enough archery tournaments that take place outside. Archery doesn’t stop for rain.
Archery does stop for lightening. Running around with a lightening rod in your hand can lead to shocking outcomes. If the rain isn’t a storm that causes the judges to call the event and you want to finish you have to shoot through the weather.
It is a good idea to practice in the rain. Typically, the rain is associated with outdoor distances. Practice at the moment, here, is 18-meters. So, I could have skipped the rain since it is unlikely I’ll ever face rain during an indoor tournament.
Nevertheless, I shot through this morning’s rain. It wasn’t stormy weather just a constant light rain. It actually became kind of fun. The temperature was around 40°F so even the cold wasn’t horrible.
Sometimes is can be fun to break a daily pattern by practicing in less than optimal conditions. Despite the conditions this morning I admittedly enjoyed the session. This afternoon, according the local weather report, should be dry.