Yo run gang,
February 6, 2013
Might it be easier to get out the door on these wicked, cold winter days if we knew someone would be there to give us a finisher's medal at the end? This busy life has enough obstacles keeping us from the run, let alone having this tough weather to wear down our resolve.
My cold weather solution has been to not think about it much, just overdress and run out the door. Once out and running I allow myself to consider the distance, the weather and if I should shed some clothes. If the wind is wicked, I run until I find a stretch that is protected then repeat it for a while. On one of my runs this year I went back and forth over the same quarter mile stretch for 5 miles. It was a nice wooded area and I made it a point to notice something different on each lap, birds, types of trees, how my foot prints were adding up ... I did not get bored, on the contrary, I was getting more into it on each lap, I only headed back because my window of time was up, dang. Any way, It's nice to see some sun in the upcoming forecast because many of us are getting down to the bottom of our bag of our "get us out the door" tricks.
Run first, think later,
Randy Step, obviously, an obsessed runner.
February 6, 2013
Might it be easier to get out the door on these wicked, cold winter days if we knew someone would be there to give us a finisher's medal at the end? This busy life has enough obstacles keeping us from the run, let alone having this tough weather to wear down our resolve.
My cold weather solution has been to not think about it much, just overdress and run out the door. Once out and running I allow myself to consider the distance, the weather and if I should shed some clothes. If the wind is wicked, I run until I find a stretch that is protected then repeat it for a while. On one of my runs this year I went back and forth over the same quarter mile stretch for 5 miles. It was a nice wooded area and I made it a point to notice something different on each lap, birds, types of trees, how my foot prints were adding up ... I did not get bored, on the contrary, I was getting more into it on each lap, I only headed back because my window of time was up, dang. Any way, It's nice to see some sun in the upcoming forecast because many of us are getting down to the bottom of our bag of our "get us out the door" tricks.
Run first, think later,
Randy Step, obviously, an obsessed runner.
