This is disgusting

What to do when your get-up-and-go only gets up from the sofa to turn the thermostat up.

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We are deep in November. There are many, many reasons to avoid running, going outside and generally doing anything that doesn’t involve a blanket and a city-girl-festive-reckoning movie. The weather is the big one, which is what my subject line is referring to, only with a little sprinkling of clickbaity mystery. But also: it’s dark a lot (that’s not technically weather is it?) and because you’re so incredibly busy and important and popular and loved and amazing and stressed, your calendar is probably turning into a festive mess too.  

This is a rational response to November

And yet you know that exercise will make you feel better about all of it, even if you’ll briefly smell like a wet dog. So, with apologies to my 11 subscribers in Australia who are probably wearing short shorts, a sports bra and a smug smile right now, here’s how I force myself to run when my mind is telling me no but my body is… also telling me no, and we’re probably not supposed to quote R Kelly lyrics these days anyway.