Cold...again

I'm such a sucker. Every time it gets warm, I think "wow this is great, it's not going to be cold any more this winter!" Even though I know full well that it is going to get cold and shitty again in a day or two, and that it will be months before it is actually nice out again. I've been living in the northeast for almost 22 years now, but I get my hopes up anew every time there is a warm day.

Training in weather like this is tough, real tough. Over winter break, when I had no one to run with, I resorted to something that I thought I never would... running with an ipod.

I used to condemn ipod runners. But it got to the point that I just couldn't mentally handle another day of slogging through the freezing, howling cold, on the same road that I've been running on every day for the last two weeks. I got an ipod shuffle for christmas, and one fateful day I clipped the little bastard to my waistband and set off in shame.

I am now eating my words, it is actually quite enjoyable to trot along with some of your favorite music playing happily in your ears. The singer is always happy, no matter how terrible the weather is.

So go ahead irunners.