Tuesday Taper Trail Run and Outta the Way – Redland M.S.

So, I’m happy. Ya wanna know why? Well, I’m gonna tell ya anyway. I just looked at the forecast and it will most likely be precipitating this evening. Well, I sure do hope so! I mean, I’m not a duck, nor do I play one on T.V. but I DO love running in the rain. There is something very Zen about it. Maybe its a cleansing of my trail runner soul. Or perhaps the ethereal gentleness of the soft rain on fallen leaves….ohmmmmmm! HECK NO! Its really cuz I love splashin’ in the mud and getting soaking wet like a ten year old kid! I mean, my Mom used to yell at me if I did sh#t like that. Now I can do it and its called ‘training’. An old trail runner I know once said ‘If it ain’t raining, it ain’t training’. Wise words. One of my mantras that I came up with when I began coaching , and many of you have heard me mumble this before, goes like this ‘The More Crap You Run Through, The Less Crap Affects You’. When you run in adverse conditions it minimizes the impact it will have on you next time you experience it. In other words, adversity toughens you up. Adversity makes you stronger. Nothing Zen about it. Pretty straight forward. Soooooo, I’ll expect the tough ones to be out there tonight. And guess what? Its Outta-the-Way-Tuesday. They have beer!!!! We won’t be going too long tonight as most are tapering for Stone Mill but we will still need to re-hydrate and re-charge at Outta-the-Way.

Details:
Address: Redland Middle School, 6505 Muncaster Mill Road, Derwood, MD 20855 (Park around back to the right side of school)
Coordinates: 39.140327, -77.131554
ime: 6:30 (6:15 warm up)
Course: Redland Trail (upper and lower) counter-clock wise (lower trail first)

***Announcements***
– Special thanks to Robin and all the volunteers and runners who made the 3rd Annual Muddy Shoes Phantastic Phall Phat Ass such a huge success. Congrats to Winners Erin Kelman , Adrian Spencer and Helene Dumais who rocked that awesome course. Definitely doing it again next year!

– We still have Muddy Shoes Buffs ($10) and Car Magnets ($1 cheap) for sale and now we have Muddy Shoes hats!!! OMG, they are soooo cool…ands stylish too! See me or Robin ($15…cheap) Don’t be caught without one! Holidays are coming!

– Our website is now up and running (no pun intended…well, actually my puns are all intentional). Check out the link:

https://mymuddyshoes.org

– Registration for the MCRRC Winter Trails Program is OPEN! Come join Coach Bruce and Coach Audrey (Co-Directors) and a bunch of foul-mouthed, stinkin’ coaches such as myself to run the frosty trails of MoCo this Winter as we train for the Seneca Greenway Marathon and 50K. Here is the link:

https://www.mcrrc.org/
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OK. Nuff.
C u on the wet dirt in the dark!
Cheers,
Muddy ‘Ducky’ Shoes

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