From the desk of Susan Sly, DREAM TEAM Coach:

“You have to wonder at times what you’re doing out there. Over the years, I’ve given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.”
~ Steve Prefontaine

Last week it rained; one of those torrential downpours that begins with ominous grey clouds which yield to gusts of wind and finally, with much anticipation, sheets of rain surged from the sky.  With the rain and the wind came a small amount of flooding.  It was of no surprise the following morning that, while running on my favourite path, that I came upon a giant icy puddle.

The puddle engulfed the path, the field to the left and a person’s lawn to the right.  My only options were to turn around or run right through those four inches of icy cold, muddy water and continue on.  The people closest to me will tell you that I am a determined person.  I have done the Ironman triathlon for goodness sake and yet, on this cloudy morning, the anticipation of frozen, wet feet for another four miles was not looking overly inviting.
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