That Moment When the Cold Winter Air Hits Your Skin After A Intense Workout

The best feeling in the world isn’t the workout.

It’s what happens after.

You finish.

You’re warm, flushed, a little euphoric.

Your eyes feel strange. Your body feels loud.

Then you step outside on the coldest night of the year.

The air hits your skin and it stings.

For a second, your nervous system panics.

Then everything wakes up.

I swim outdoors. Even in winter. The pool is heated, but barely.

If you stop moving, you start shivering. So you don’t stop.

And when you’re done, that contrast—hot body, cold air—does something strange.

It’s uncomfortable and incredible at the same time.

A kind…

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