So this night starts with a quick, very easy run around the track at the gym. Early on, I kept having to maneuver around a couple of teenage girls walking and eating candy. It was torture. It smelled so good. They’re pretty lucky I didn’t push them and take it!

But I got home and started preparing for tomorrow morning’ s long run. Only 8 miles, but I’m hoping to start very close to 7AM in preparation to run at that time for the Tucson pikermi.

First step, check the weather. Ouch. It’s going to be around 24 degrees? And it’s going to snow a few hours before and a few hours after? At least if it was going to be snowing during my run it might be a couple of degrees warmer….

Second step, check ‘what should I wear’ on Runner’s World. I usually choose that I like to feel ‘cool’ during my runs. SHORTS? Are you kidding? I redid it, saying I like to feel ‘in-between’, because I am not going to be comfortable wearing freakin’ shorts in 24 degrees. If i was a longer run, I might go with the 3/4 tights since it would get warmer during the run… but only 8 miles doesn’t leave a lot of time for warming up. It’s pretty much going to be 25 degrees when I finish.

Really, I could use some encouragement that 24 degrees won’t be that bad. I’ve run in that before, and done just fine. It’s just that the first run of the winter in that cold…