Ways to Avoid the Rain

This time of the year, I spend an inordinate amount of time trying to avoid running in the rain. If you live in the Northwest, you know what I’m talking about.
I get cold and miserable! I have to keep wiping off my glasses so I can see the path. My long ponytail ends up looking like a rat’s nest.

Possible:

• Keep an eye on the radar screens at Weather.com or AccuWeather.com. Wait for those large clusters of dark green or yellow to pass.
• Overdress in rain gear. Every time I do this – it stops raining.
• Lather on the sunscreen. (Reverse psychology...)
• Run at the gym. (My very last option.)

Impossible:

• Click your heels three times and repeat, “It never rains when you run.”
• Cancel your run.
• Wager a bet with your runner partner – bet that the rain will stop.
• Don’t run in the Winter or Spring.
• Run with a Rihanna umbrella.
• Move to Tempe Arizona

Eugene, Oregon Rainfall:

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