“Days like this -- rain coming down sideways, gusty winds -- separate the runners from the joggers.
The joggers take a look at the conditions and, say, "Uh, maybe I'll take a rest day." The runners take a look and say, "Which hat do I wear?"
Not that it's particularly a pleasant experience, trudging through the puddles, blinking away stinging rain drops spitting in your face, getting soaked to the bone despite whatever layering you're wearing. But it's part of the deal -- run in good weather or bad.
I saw a quote recently former Oregon's legendary coach, Bill Bowerman, who said, "There's no such thing as bad weather, just soft people."
Yeah, it sounds like one of those hard-a**, eye-rolling rah-rah coaching axioms. But it also happens to be true. “

Sam McManis
Sac Bee Blogger/Columnist