Live to run another day

It's a funny thing to take one's running seriously---and to be at a point where you just do not think that the cold should stop you from running outside. I was in a very different place just a year ago, I freely admit---I told a friend of mine at the time that I might never bother to run outside again (of course, back then, I was working my way up to 35 minutes of running, 3 days a week). I stopped at Tati and bought a windstopper balaclava (I love Craft products and Tati carries the key pieces)---thinking at the time that the windstopper was probably going to be overkill. But in the end, I bailed out, deciding that the risk was to great (sub-zero temps and wind chills in the -30s) and that it was better to sit out a day and live to run on many more in the future. I tell myself that this is a life commitment---not about a run, a race, or even a season--but I was exceedingly grumpy all day, in part because my body was craving the run---and facing even an hour on the treadmill has become more than I care to bear. Should be warmer tomorrow.