The week after I got back from BlogHer '14, I started training for the Longview Half-Marathon. Which is tomorrow.

And tomorrow there is this:

JACKSON:

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW... WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT.

* LOCATION...ALL OF NORTH-CENTRAL MISSOURI AND NORTHEASTERN KANSAS.

* TIMING... SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION AFTER DAYBREAK ON
SATURDAY. SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY BEFORE
TAPERING OFF BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...A GENERAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED
ACROSS THE REGION. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS MAY BE POSSIBLE ALONG
AND SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER.

* IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL RESULT IN
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

And I really, really, really hate being cold.

However. I followed a for-me really hard training program for four months. I only missed one of the training runs in all that time. I ran thirteen miles twice. I ran fourteen miles twice. I ran tempo runs. I ran sprint intervals. I ran up the hills and down the hills, and dammit, I am running 13.1 miles tomorrow come hell or high water (which, you know, could happen).

My plan is to pretend to be Rocky training in Russia. The little angel advised me to wear a lot of lotion. The polar vortex was supposed to wait until November 16 to start. It did not listen.

So, um, wish me luck? I'll be the one wearing 30% more clothing than everyone else and paying absolutely no attention to the 20-degree rule.