The Chilly Half Marathon is this Sunday March 7th in Burlington, Ontario. The gun goes off at 10:05am (dreadfully civilized, don't you think?) and 3,000 of us will pound our way along the lake shore route in what has been forecast to be a glorious sun shine filled morning, with temperatures hovering around +6 degrees Celsius!
And there in lies the problem! (A brief word of explanation here before we go on ... I need something to obsess about; something to latch on to before a race so that I have something to solve, conquer or get the better of prior to the actual race...it keeps me calm you see...)
Anyhow, back to the weather issue. You are probably wondering why I would be worried about running in what will probably be the very best conditions I have experienced in Ontario in the past 5 months. Well that is the nut right there. I and many, many other Canadian runners begin in the autumn months slowly adding on more and more layers of clothing as the weather deteriorates through the late fall, into the winter and on through those dark, dark mornings of January and February. We have finally got it down to a fine art! It has taken months (because somehow we have forgotten all we learned last year!) but now all we need to know is the wind chill factor and we know exactly how many layers of clothing we need. We know when we need the spikes for the ice underfoot. We know when we need the Vaseline on the cheeks to ward off frostbite. We know how long we can go before our water bottles turn into slushies.
But now it's going to be nice! So do we risk capris? Peaked cap or light toque? Jacket or vest? Gloves? Definitely gloves instead of mittens, but which ones? Lifa or windproof technical?
ARRRGGGHHHH! I'm not ready for this!!!
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