Better in a few days . . .

I have a tendency of flying in and out of the dougisrunningoutoftime.com radar. The main reason is not that I haven't been running . . .it is that I write for a living and sometimes this feels like work.

It's not that I don't have anything to say.
It's not that there isn't an audience on here - - -truly, all I ever need is me! Vanity has been a curse!! Just ask the women in my life.

I am excited about the runs that I have planned Thursday, Friday and Saturday. These will be the type of runs that I will take with me into old age. More on those later . . . .

Saturday I ran trails with my son and his buddy. Only about 3.5 miles but straight up a hill in the snow that people around here call Suicide Hill.

Yesterday I ran about 6 miles. I ran at 7AM. I am still shivering. Although I like running in all seasons . . .I am ready to be able to run without so many layers.

I have this New Balance shirt (it is in the photo below) that has kept me unbelievably warm this winter. Thirty to Forty degrees and I don't wear anything underneath it. Twenty to Thirty degrees I will wear a short sleeve Under Armour shirt under it. Below twenty degrees I will wear a long sleeve Under Armour. This thing was CHEAP and it is amazing. . .

My son took this picture Saturday before I ran up Suicide Hill. I think that he thought this might be my last photo! I've got several more ascents of Suicide Hill before this old mountain goat crawls into the cave for good. For the record . . . .the name "Suicide Hill" is 5 million times more menacing than the actual hill!