Saturday AM: dropped a double deuce

Our for 22 on a lovely Saturday AM.  Left around 7:15, when the temp read 40.  I waffled about how to dress for this one.  Shorts and a T-shirt, but also hat and gloves?  I decided in favor of hat and gloves.  It got warmer through the run and I started to get hot, so I threw them away in a garbage can I passed.

Spring and fall are seasons of ambiguous temps - and they call for cheap hats and gloves that you can throw out without feeling bad about it.  I have a nice pair of winter gloves my sister in law gave me for Christmas, but on days like today I wear $1 dollar gardening gloves and a $3 wal-mart hat.  No sense in going all technical for long runs where you might need to adjust your clothing needs.

I'm also a believer in clothing the extremities and wearing stocking caps.  I often run in shorts and a T-shirt and a hat and gloves, putting tights on only when it's below 35.  I go back and forth on long sleeves: depends.



Bill Rodgers with stocking cap, victory in hand