“You’re not going out running in that are you? You must be mad” ……
Family, friends, work colleagues, even some of my fellow runners, they’ve all said it over the last fortnight. If I had a pound for every time I’d heard that phrase or a variation of it, well, I might not be a rich man but I’d certainly not be short of a bob or two. For every one of those people however, I’ve had a simple response: “No distance runner has ever achieved anything by staying indoors in winter”.
Family, friends, work colleagues, even some of my fellow runners, they’ve all said it over the last fortnight. If I had a pound for every time I’d heard that phrase or a variation of it, well, I might not be a rich man but I’d certainly not be short of a bob or two. For every one of those people however, I’ve had a simple response: “No distance runner has ever achieved anything by staying indoors in winter”.