Ha - I like that chant and need to use it myself. I THOUGHT I lived in Florida but lately the days have not felt very Floridish and the forecast for at least the next week is not looking any better. Even talking about the possibilty of ice/freezing rain on Friday (I'm in North Florida)

I haven't worked up the nerve to run since my last race on Dec 20th the brisk walk/jog to my car after leaving the gym has been enough to scare me away from running outside until I see a 60 degree high on the weather channel! - Man I am a wuss

I agree with all of you.  In NE Florida and was born and raised here.  It's cold, but I have found that (and I run around 5AM) that I don't need gore-tex or anything.....  I bought a Brooks and a Sucony 1/2 zip and just layer up.  Polypro base, 2 long sleeve tech shirts, and the 1/2 zip.  Polypro and tights over on the bottom.  Gloves and a hat of course.  Last sunday I did 1.5 hours and my black knit hat had turned white and iced over.  Not really as bad as I thought it would be, but if it goes into the teens I'm headed to the TM.

Stay Warm!

Another Central Florida here (Tampa).  I agree, this cold...uh...invigorating weather is different.  I had to get out to do a couple of runs on Sunday and Monday.  Sunday I ran during the afternoon when the temps were a little warmer (46 degrees) and did  7 miles ok.  On Monday I ran a simulated half marathon in what I call 'race conditions'.  I had my gloves, my hat, my running jacket and my hat on but I decided to see what running in shorts would be like.  My answer is COLD!  The temp was right at 34 degrees and my legs took a good 4 miles to warm up to luke warm.  I had always seen runners in shorts during races and figured that their legs naturally did not stay cold for long or were not really cold at all.  That theory has been eradicated for me.  For my half marathon in Disney Saturday, track pants will be my running wear.

I know a lot of the people from up north are laughing at us Floridians complaining about the weather, but they have to realize that this is a BIG shock to our system.  I'm not to crazy about running in extreme heat either, but this cold is no joke.

OK, just so you know I really do have a sense of humor about this.  I'm not completely frozen just yet, I'm just saying I'm starting to feel a bit trapped by the box I call the gym for a week. 

I would probably trade you for 28 degrees right now.

PS- for you Florida peeps the below zero weather I refer to does not factor in something us northern folk call wind chill.  Nasty stuff... but I like to think it makes me tough somehow... where I'm not sure...

On the plus side, you can log onto weather.com and look at the temperatures up here in Detroit.