An Icy 9
Degrees
This morn,
When
I bravely
Set out
On my
Daily run.
A saner man
Might have
Stayed home,
Under
The covers,
Heat cranked,
Dreaming of
Warmer days.
Even
The sun
Was
Wise enough
To stay away.
Now
That I
Think back
On it,
Perhaps
The sun’s
Absence
Was a
Contributing
Factor
To the
Frigid conditions.
I’m getting
Off topic.
Give me
A moment
To regroup…
‘Twas
An Icy 9
Degrees,
As I’ve
Already
Established,
When
I hit
The road,
Paying
No mind
To the
Weather,
For a
Runner
Only cares
Where
The road
Is going
To take him.
Or at least
That’s
What
I tell
Myself,
More to
Distract me
From
The insane
Temperatures,
Than
Anything else.
But actually,
Now that
I think
About it,
I don’t
Care
How cold
It is.
All I
Want
To know
Is how far
And
How hard
I can
Push myself.
An Icy 9
Degrees
Might suck
For the
Average
Person
Just trying
To get through
The day,
But for
A runner,
An Icy 9
Is merely
One more
Challenge
To conquer
On the path
To the
Finish line.
You
Can always
Put on
Layers
To fight
The cold.
Or,
You can
Do what
Runners do
And simply
Burn
More calories
To get warm.
Very impressive, that Icy 9 morning run is, Sustin!