Thursday, December 21, 2017

December 21 The Road to Spring

Greetings! It’s December 21, 2017. Some celebrate this as the first day of winter. Others bemoan it as being the day with the fewest hours of daylight. I like to think of the 21st as the day that begins the brief March to Spring. I first started running in 1996 to lose weight. The effort succeeded. One lingering side effect has been I find myself cold all the time. I wear long sleeve shirts all year around and generally only wear shorts to exercise. It’s that bad.

Raised in the American South, I never had much exposure to real cold anyway. Following the weight loss my distaste for the cold increased. In the last year, I’ve found ways to embrace the cold. The correct mindset is as important as the right clothes. Shannan taught me the art of layers. All that said, I’m ready for the coming winter and plan not to complain or lament a single time about being cold, no matter what.

Enjoy the Seasons. Run.


Tom

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