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  1. Dopey Challenge Training - Week Thirteen

    "Runners don't get rained out, they get rained on." –Unknown

    I stood on the front porch of my house this morning and cursed my decision to move my long run from Saturday to Sunday. Rain, rain, and more rain had fallen most of the night and would continue to fall throughout the day. The winds, with gusts up to 20mph, rattled the Christmas ornaments and lights hung on our leafless Magnolia tree in the front yard. Welcome to winter in the west side of the Pacific Northwest. ...
  2. Dopey Challenge Training - Week Four

    "There is a great advantage in training under unfavorable conditions. It is better to train under bad conditions, for the difference is then a tremendous relief in a race."

    -Emil Zatopek, Olympic distance runner

    As I write this I’m sitting in my home office listening to the rain knock on my window. We have had impressive rainfall in the past two days as major storms have been blowing through the area. I was supposed to run a half marathon this morning, Girlfriends ...