Marathon # 3, Lake Chabot Redtail Ridge 50km Feb 18, 2017 Donate Cisco Matching (Requires Cisco VPN, detailed instructions below) "You hearty soul, you!" - said the lady at the entrance as I made my way to the parking lot of Lake Chabot State Park, the race venue of the day. "Be careful of 'm puddles". Near start line. Still raining a bit. As the next 6 hours and 40 minutes will tell me, she was right. But before that...something eerie of sort is happening since this new year (or its just my analytical mind looking for patterns). Two examples: 1. First race of the year was Crystal Springs marathon...I drove an hour, in pouring rain, parked in the parking lot (staying warm and cosy in my car, changing into my running gear to avoid rain)...and 5 minutes later, whoosh, as if some power above started HIS car wiper and the pouring rain was gone. Cut to 2nd race, same story....I drove to lake Chabot marina in pouring rain, parked the