What I am about to say should not influence your motivation in a negative way - stay positive and stay motivated!
I have had to admit that I need help, so after a week of refusing to ask, and not really knowing what to ask for, I have broken down and invested yet again in new equipment. Here is a brief recap of my equipment expenses new shoes, compression shorts (a chaffing issue forced this purchase), and now LONG JOHNS! I have not run for the last week because it has been crazy cold for south Georgia and if you have ever seen my cold weather gear I go from two extremes nearly see through and thread bear jogging pants I bought over a decade ago from my college and snow pants that are just about as old. I then have a pullover that I have had for so long I don't even know where it came from or how I got it. See this is how long I keep my clothes and therefore I tend to avoid buying new things until absolutely necessary and the long johns are now totally necessary.
I have lived here longed enough to get used to the idea of two weeks of winter weather in January and the rest of the winter being above freezing. This past week my wake up weather was in the teens with the wind chill and that constituted going back to bed weather for me. I know, I know where was the tough guy who straps on the shoes and goes any ways - well I gathered myself back to bed and got a couple of of more hours asleep.
I am now ready to get back to running. Bring on the cold - I have what it takes now and I am back on the road. See you there!
