A clydesdale no more!

Monday's are always hard for me to get going.  Add to that the cold temperature and other stuff, it was a real test of my self motivation skills to get out the door.  But get out the door I did.  I kept the pace real easy. 

The snow was very pretty while it was falling.  Unfortunately the fluffy layer it left on top of the ice on the road was very slippery.  My achilles tendons are starting to get sore so it may be time to start rotating in a new pair of shoes.  They don't seem to be last as long as they used. to.

Wednesdays have become my "get out the door late and cut the run short" days.  A couple of miles into the run I remembered that I had to take my son to school early so I couldn't get in my usual 8.  I think that my body is slowly adjusting to the colder temps.  I never really warmed up during the run but nothing really froze. 

I'm trying to think of something exciting or interesting to report from today's run but I can't.  I got up, went running (every mile was within a couple of seconds of each other) and now I'm here blogging about it.  I finished my 7.10 mile run at 7:10 which is a little interesting.

I hate when I wake up and the windows are rattling because it is so windy.  It makes it a lot more difficult to get ready for a run especially when it is cold.  The temperature wasn't as bad as I feared but the wind was worse.  Every once in a while a snow flurry would kick up and hit me in the face. It is surprising how bad that can hurt.  The first half of the run was uphill into the wind which was fine because that meant that I could finish downhill with the wind.  My pace was still pretty slow.  I kept reminding myself that December is my recovery month and I don't have to worry about pace.

Drove to the rec center to meet the running club.  Was happy to see Kathie there.  I only ran 6.4 with the club.  I don't think that any of us were in the mood to run a ton today since all the sidewalks were covered in snow and the roads weren't much better.  I ran the entire way with Jeremy and the last 2 miles with Jim and Lora.  I felt good the entire run and it is so much easier to hold a decent pace when you are running with somebody.  After the run I drove home and checked on the kids.  I debated whether I should go back out and decided that I felt too good not to run.  Put in another 3.8 easy miles so that I could have at least 1 double digit day this week.  I had some really strange cravings during the run this morning.  First I was craving coconut then I had a strange desire for fish sticks.  I hate all seafood so I have no idea where this craving came from.  Towards the end of the run I started craving ranch dressing.