It was a snowy day today. The snow started falling during the night and was still falling heavily at 10 am as I contemplated my Sunday long run. Yikes! My training plan called for a 14 miler today. I looked out the window at the big white flakes and thought, “Looks like I’m going to have an adventure!” I donned my many layers of running gear to protect me from the elements, strapped on my running belt fully equipped with electrolyte drinks and energy bar and off I went.

A few miles into my run, I began to wonder, what on earth possessed me to go out in such a snow storm? I remembered my first running training program which was in the winter. Every week I would call and ask “Are we really going for a 5 mile run tonight? It’s -40 with the wind chill!” The answer was always “YES!” and the explanation, “It helps develop mental discipline More »