When it is winter I am grateful that I play racquetball.

If I was an outdoor exercise fanatic I would have a difficult time getting my exercise during those cold dreary months that are part of the season when the sun comes up late and sets early.

I would certainly not be one of those people who bundle up in flannel sweats with a big parka and heated socks to run on an icy sidewalk.

I don’t mind driving in my nicely heated car to the racquet club and walking across the parking lot in the cold winter air to enter a warm indoor facility.

I take off my pants and jacket to play on a nice warm court in my skort and short-sleeve top.

No need to keep the sweats on to play like people do on the tennis court in the dead of winter.

I don’t know that I could run in sweats although I have seen plenty of people doing just that outside on that tennis court and often when it is dark and they see by artificial light.

I like the indoor racquetball court even when it is a bit chilly because it is expensive to keep a racquetball court warm with that high ceiling.

But start playing, running across that court, and you warm up quickly enough.

Soon it will be spring. The warm weather fanatics will be getting ready to run without worrying about wearing sweats. I will continue to play racquetball indoors.