Weathergirl

Wow. I discovered something really freaky the other day about myself and the weather.

Don't get me wrong. I LOVE the weather. I love watching Andrew Frieden on NBC12. I'll TiVo and just keep going back 30 seconds. I tune out for the news, but tune in for the weather.

Upgrading Comcast gives me that all NBC12 weather all the time channel, AND I still have The Weather Channel? It sends shivers down my spine and I'm all tingly.

There's one of those wireless weather stations in the bathroom. I don't have the ones that pick up the forecast wirelessly *yet* - but I have my eye on them.

The ultimate? The IE plugin that keeps the weather forecast at the top of my browser.

But the slightly disconcerting part? I've realized that I only look at the overnight forecast / low temp. I have no clue what the daytime forecast is, what the high might be, or whether I need an umbrella or a parka, short sleeves or fleece.

I, however, can tell you what the weather will be at 6 am, whether there will be rain, sleet, wind, and relative humidity. How many layers? Gloves? Shorts or long pants? Will the rain be starting early? Is a frost in the forecast?

It's obvious, I'm an early morning runner. I get up and run in the (pre) dawn hours (thanks, Congress, for screwing up daylight savings time. It was almost light!) during the week.

Sunglasses are not part of my standard running gear, however reflective gear, headlamps and safety blinkers are. The problem comes with Saturday long runs, where I have the luxury of going laters post-dawn. That's great in the winter when it's nice to have the daylight, but will have to be adjusted again come summer to avoid the heat and humidity, but for now, I'll be content with trying to remember to grab my shades on the way out the door.

Back to the weather. Is this tunnel vision for weather forecasts a unique quirk that makes me just as unique as my DNA says I am? Or is this consistent for runners? I don't see it discussed, but do lunch runners focus on the day forecast and the post-work runners on that? I couldn't tell you what the high will be tomorrow, but I can certainly tell you that it's gonna be in the mid to low 40's with rain close by at dawn.



When do I run?