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Today will be a double-hit media blitz for some of you hapless creatures.  Not only is there a new video, but I’m sending out the first edition of my newsletter this afternoon.

The Video

I was going to do a jacket video but figured I may as well start from the inside out, so today’s video is on my favorite winter base layer.  Coming next will be the jacket video and then one on winter accessories, but for now, top and tights is the focus.

Like last time, this’ll send you to YouTube in hopes you can give me a few ratings and/or comments.

If you want one of the mocks, you can find the largest selection of colors at Eastbay: mens or womens.  Btw, a couple folks have asked what size I wear in those, which is a good question.  UA runs small so while I wear Small in every other manufacturer, I buy my UA tops in Medium.  So keep that in mind.

The Adidas Supernova Brushed Tights are last year’s model so they’re getting hard to find, though Holabird has them on closeout for men for only $39.95 in all sizes.  Even without the exact items, you get an idea of what to wear out there in the elements.  Also, for the record, I don’t wear those 2 pieces only or I’d be pretty damn stinky.  I own duplicates of both items and various other tights and half-zips, but these particular pieces are my favorite combo of all.

The Newsletter

Oooh, scary, sending my first one out today.  Just wanted to give you subscribers a heads-up that I’ve changed the email it’s coming from to the new URL (girlinmotion.com without the dashes) so if, when you signed up, you found the confirmation email in your spam folder and had to mark it as “not junk”, you’ll likely need to do it again with this new address.  Sorry about that.

OK, hope you don’t get sick of so much Floness in one day.  Later, kids!

And I Am One

The schedule called for a 10 on Saturday with 8MP, then 17 on Sunday.  I was fine with it until Saturday came and it was 8 degrees windchill (and that’s from an inland weather station, the river’s gotta be worse).  Somehow the idea of pushing MP in that kind of temperature was not thrilling me in the least.

I wanted to want to do it, I really did.  So I looked at my schedule to see what my options were.  I noticed that today would start my first cut-back week which meant next weekend’s runs were to be a 7 and 13 with no quality involved.  Checked the weather and saw that next weekend would be in the 30s (tropical!), so after much hemming and hawing and still feeling loserish, I decided to switch weekends.

The two thoughts that kept me from feeling full-on Loser is that

A. I’m not going to be running Boston in 8 degree weather and since the MP miles were guaranteed to be harder than normal, it’d make me feel unnecessarily negative, and

B. My body doesn’t know the calendar, so if my cutback starts two days earlier it’s all the same to the legs. Nothing lost.

Once I got outside, I was extremely happy with my decision.  Despite 2 pairs of gloves, my fingers went numb pretty fast so I had to keep messing with my hands to keep some life in them.  I ended up making it a peppy GA run because I wanted to get home, so 7@8:09.

Yesterday was much warmer at 24 degrees but I stuck to the cut-back schedule and did 13@8:35.  Again, it was a good decision because I felt creaky and old – a rare occurrence with me, but there it was.  In fact, somewhere in the middle of the run I was wishing Boston had a Half I could drop down to.   If only.

So yeah, I wussed out but it won’t affect anything, I won’t be skipping or losing any quality work.  Funny how a little rearranging can make you feel like you’re doing something wrong nonetheless.

The Newsletter

I’m sure you’ve noticed the new addition to the right menu and the page to which it links.  I’ve decided it would be fun to add a newsletter to the mix and while I’m not sure of the final format, there are some things I’d like to talk about via the newsletter – jabber about goals, motivational ideas, links to interesting articles and whatever sounds worthy of sharing.  I’m also very open to suggestions from you guys, so if you have anything you’d like to see, please let me know via email.

And because I think a bribe should always be involved when someone is kind enough to supply an email address, I’ve put together a big-ass pdf of running links accompanied by comments on why I like them or how to use them, etc.   Thus, Flo’s 103 Fabulous Running Links is my entry into the bribe market.  Of course I hope you guys sign up, but don’t feel obligated in any way, I know what it’s like to get too much email so I’ll love you no matter what.

That’s it for today’s adventure in one-sided conversation.  Have some good runs, my darlings, be safe and stay warm.  Only 1 million days left to Spring!  Feels like it, anyway.