A long way to go

How am I suppose to work out in this weather? When I was a younger man I would run through this stuff like it was nothing.  I ran in all over the God's green acre when I was a young soldier. A long, lean fat bellied steely eyed killer as my old platoon daddy would say. I would get drunk all week end and wake up Monday morning for PT, a 0630hr run to sobriety.  It was a sight to see, a bunch of young drunk soldiers lined up for the mornings exercise. The sergeants would run us like a pack of prized dogs over and through the mountains,  forest and even deserts. The run was sweating the poisons of alcohol from our bodies, purifying us,  the occasional guy throwing up while running, yet never missing a step. If you were any where near us as we were running you would smell the stench of vomit, sweat and alcohol as we passed. The runs would last for at least 5 miles once they ran us for 12 miles and most of us actually made it. We would run in the rain, snow or what ever as my old sergeant would say "you train as you fight".
The army trained me to operate in any type of weather and now I find myself complaining about snow.  I was younger then but now as a older man I find myself know the weather by the pain in my knee's.  I once jumped out of the bed with a hang over and ran a 6 minute mile now I find it difficult the just make it across the Williamsburg bridge.  Its okay when I think about it, some of my friends did not make it to my age and here I am complaining.
I walked across the bridge from my house, it was a nice stroll of about 2 miles. I am working up to do a 12 mile road march, I am working up by increasing my distance, so far I have done 7.5 miles. I am going to do this I will work to find the soldier with in the man.