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It rained two days out of last week. Nobody shows up on the track or the workout mat when it rains, snows, or its too cold; well at times one or two people may try their hand at burning off last night’s pasta, but they usually don’t return until the summer season or when the weather gets better.

It’s hard to get yourself going when the day’s plagued with rain, sleet, or a blistering cold wind, but if you’ve got shoes you’re willing to soak on a rainy day, you’ll be more likely to get up get out and burn something.

I strictly buy running shoes - the adiprene, a cubed - that start off as my street shoes, but end up as my running shoes, and ultimately my rain running shoes. I buy new running sneakers. The last ones I bought new, I use to workout on dry days. And the sneakers that I used to workout on dry days become my rain running shoes.

Some people avoid working out because they don’t want to get their sneakers wet. However, if you have sneakers the sole purpose of which are to work in the rain, you don’t care about getting them wet. You feel prepared and ready to take on any climactic onslaught set before you.

I don’t worry too much about my clothes, because my hoody, vest, and sweatpants dry pretty quickly hung in my restroom. I would just hate getting my regular running sneakers wet, because they would become uncomfortable to wear almost everyday, squishing and squashing like a sponge with every step.