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Dressing For Cold Weather Workouts

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Now that the off-season has officially come to an end and I am getting back to regularly scheduled programming, I thought it appropriate to talk about training in the cold. Thankfully, I live in Northern California, where what I consider ‘cold’ weather may be thought of more as chilly or crisp in somewhere like New York or Michigan, and maybe even balmy to my friends in Canada. But… I will admit I am a bit of a pansy when it comes to cold. I hate being cold! If I lived somewhere else, I think I would hibernate for at least a few months. Even here in the Golden State, I resort to indoor training whenever I can to avoid the weather.

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