winter roadWinter is not here yet, but nobody told the weather. It acts like winter. Lots of snow and real cold here the last week. I wasn’t able….errrr…..didn’t want to go out and walk in the cold. If the temperature is less than ten degrees, I stay inside.

I didn’t used to think that ten degrees is cold. When I lived in South Dakota, we used to wear light jackets if the temperature goy above zero. Now I think its cold when it’s less than forty.

I did walk this morning, and found a couple of amusing things to be true. The first is that even though you wear the same clothes, the wind is colder when you face it than when you turn your back to it. That just seems odd. In addition, it is probably all just psychological. At least that’s what I tell my goose bumps when I face the wind.

Another odd thing is, my left hand does not get as cold as my right hand. I can walk around the block three times longer with my left hand out in the cold as with my right. I have to warm my right hand in my pocket if I don’t wear gloves.

Another thing is that a hood is worth its weight in nicotine patches when the wind blows.

I am hoping for warmer weather for a while now. However, I will keep walking whenever the temperature cooperates. It’s way too easy to get use to not exercising at all.

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