Pants

I was pulling out my winter clothes the other day, and came accross a pair of long basketball pants. They're the kind that snap up the sides, making it easier to take them off if you already have shoes and shorts on underneath. These were essential to me last year when I was training for the Turkey trot. I wore them almost every time I left the house to train during the cold mornings of November. The reason they were so essential to me was because I wanted to keep my legs warm going from the car to the Y, and they were easy to take off quickly before I got on the TREADMILL. I had completely forgotten until I saw those pants how much I did run on the treadmill in those early days, when I was training to run an 8 mile race. This year, I trained in the heat of the summer and looked so forward to the fall temperature cooling things off. I eagerly anticipated my first chilly morning run, and I can't even begin to know why I would have welcomed the idea of running inside the stuffy gym on the treadmill. But I have the pants there, to prove it. This year I'm wearing those same pants again, to the same Y ,for the same reason of keeping my legs warm. This time though, I've got a swimsuit on underneath and I'm heading for the pool to swim while I'm sidelined from running. Here's hoping next year those pants will hang in the closet, and that I'll be wearing my running tights to keep my legs warm. Away from the Y.