Forecast:: cold

It's cold. It's freezing and it will be cold until the end of time. The new ice age is upon us.

Ok, ok, it's just winter here in the district.

But it feels like it's been winter FOREVER already and I am so cold that I am completely unmotivated to run. However, I know that if I do not run, the marathon in March will seem like a HUGE mistake and I certainly don't want to feel like running is a mistake. So I must force myself to get out of bed and into my spandex.

I should buy some new spandex.

This morning I got up at 5 and went down to the Washington Monument and back. It was cold. COLD! I was disappointed to see that the National Tree does not in fact stay on all night for people like me who are up at crazy times. We would like to see some holiday cheer! In reality, December is a great time to run outside even in the cold, because of all the holiday lights that people have up. It's very cheerful and festive, even at 5am. No, really, I'm not joking.

So now all I have to do is convince everyone to leave it up until March...

Last weekend, I did a Jingle All the Way 10k. During that run, I saw a guy with a vest on that said "blind athlete." I realized that he had his wrist tied to a woman who was pacing with him, making sure he stayed on course, and making sure that he didn't trip on anything.

I was so impressed by this! Perhaps one day I will be a blind runner's guide! Perhaps one day I will NEED a guide! So who will sign up for this task now? I want to have this lined up, I have very poor eyesight already, so if the day should ever come that contacts don't fix it anymore, I need someone to be willing to go my pace and tie themselves to me for 4 hours.

Who's in?