8:30 AM - Yesterday was Storm #1 of a 1-2 punch socking us over the next couple days. We have had 9 storms in 7 weeks and most of us set record snowfalls for last month since records were kept in 1868. We went in to school yesterday, but they let us out at 12:30. I took it slow coming home, ran errands, went grocery shopping, picked up Emmy lunch from Panera to surprise her, then went with her to get her nose pierced (Holy moly was that an experience! No way I could ever do a piercing!). While we were waiting a group of five or six teenagers were in there and one was getting her tongue pierced! I can't imagine what that feels like or what would possess teens to pierce that! No school today. It was actually announced last night which was really nice. I slept in until 6am and then got up, got coffee and hopped on the treadmill. I did a nice 90 minute run and felt relaxed the whole time. I was sweating like crazy the first hour, but that was because I forgot to open the windows. Stopped for about a minute to open the windows and take my shirt off because it looked like I had jumped in a lake. Finished up the run. After shoveling and such I think I may do another 5k on the treadmill. Total Time: 1:31:40 Total Distance: 9.3 miles Average Pace: 9:51/ mile 5:00 PM - Still sleeting out. Rough stuff. Did about 2 hours of shoveling this afternoon which was a good upper body workout. Got all my things together for tomorrow. Going to teach the kiddos about political cartoons and then get them to make their own about ancient Egypt. Ran on the treadmill during a brief interlude while Emm was still working at the spa on some paperwork. Ran 3.1 miles in 26:40. First run in my Vibrams this year! Total Time: 26:40 Total Distance: 3.1 miles Average Pace: 8:46
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