01.04.08
Dressing for the frigid cold
I don’t want to whine, but when I moved South from the Northeast, I moved with a huge sigh of relief that I would never have to do workouts in less than 38 degrees. Alas, this week has been frigidly cold. So cold, in fact, that Sarah and I have postponed our normal 6:30 AM runs. This is significant given that we will run through just about anything.
I did realize, however, that as I get older, I’m smarter about what I wear. I think that I’m now wearing far more than I ever did and am managing to stay (relatively) warm during my runs and workouts. Although I may not be wearing more than while I was at Amherst, I am certainly dressing smarter having purged my running clothes of all cotton, which I have found to make a huge difference in how warm I’m able to stay.
Isn’t it funny how as teenagers we (or at least I) protested wearing a coat/hat/socks/whatever? Now that I’m older I am so much more interested in being warm and toasty than anything else.
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Joan said,
January 4, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Have you noticed everyone is now wearing this Under Armour gear? What happened to long johns? I prefer a layer of silk long underwear for those freezing days.
Dave said,
January 6, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Diana, it makes me feel a little better that I wasn’t the only one that sissied out of my morning run on that same morning.
Tori said,
January 6, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Ahh Diana - I too was fooled. and with the recent freezing weather (worse than Boston I think sometimes) I am almost going with the crowd of “true Southerns” who say North Carolina is not the South because it snows here. If my misconceptions are anything to go by, I would have to say that with the past weather I agree. however, with the upcoming 70s temp week ahead, I’m sure I will again side with the rest of everyone and enjoy the warm weather, consider North Carolina the South, and exclaim, “Oh, my 70s is January!! This isn’t right. Global warming…” but hey I’m not going to complain - not at all!