Five Miles

Ran 5 miles today! Feeling great success, ran it in 50 minutes flat. Lately I've had a hard time motivating myself to get out there and run in the cold. I know for many people that is still really slow, but for me it felt great! I needed this run. What a great feeling!

7 miles

I ran 7 miles today. It took me 76 minutes. I'm feeling discouraged over the time, but happy that I did it. I guess I should take the ice and snow into consideration, they sure didn't speed me up at all. I actually feel better today than I did after six miles last Saturday. So much of this is mental. It's amazing. I kind of hate running, (especially while I'm running) but I sure do love the feeling of accomplishment that comes afterward!

New Years Eve

At 6 p.m. on News Years Eve, most people were probably getting ready to go out. Not me, of course I had procrastinated my 4 mile run until then. Since the sun had already gone down it was pretty stinking cold. As I ran through the snow, snot dripped down my face and froze to my upper lip. It was pretty gross. Something akin to the Aspen mo-ped scene in Dumb and Dumber. My eye lashes even froze to my eyelids! I am happy I finished that run though! Now I'm trying to decide which is worse, running through snow/ice or running on a tiny indoor track. Right now I'm opting for snow and ice, although I may give the indoor track a whirl next week. . .