With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams...

Monday- 6.03 miles.  Felt great, tempo was good.

Tuesday - 6.22 miles.  School was cancelled because it was supposed to snow starting at 6 am.  When I woke up at 7 and there wasn't a drop of water/snow anywhere, I decided to go for a run.  I'd heard the weather was supposed to be coming from the south.  So I chose to run south first (into the wind) and then run north home.  The run out was great- I actually got hot and took off my hat & gloves.  But the last mile I felt wind at my back and I started worry.  Evidently a storm system can come from the south but have wicked strong winds blowing from the north.  As soon as I turned around to run home, I was hit with a wall of horrible cold wind.  It was a long 3 miles home.  My pace slowed over a minute more per mile running into the wind.  It didn't start icing until 5 pm.  We could have gone to school after all.  But better to err on the side of caution than end up like Alabama.

Wednesday- ice all over the roads covered in 4 inches of snow.  I don't have yak tracks or anything to keep me from sliding on the ice.  I may have to do elliptical or a video today.  I want to run so badly, but not more than I want to stay safe & not get injured.  Around 3 in the afternoon there was enough clear roads to run most of the neighborhood.  I had to go on some snowy grass in a few spots to avoid ice skating.  It felt soo good to get out!  4 miles- wore my trail shoes for extra traction.

Thursday - 5.35 even better than yesterday.  Waited till 1pm when it got above freezing.  Still some super icy patches.  My pace was better than yesterday- that was nice :-)  Wore the trail shoes again.  Want to get them broken in a little more before my trail run.  Not sure I'll wear them on the race day, but I want to have the option if it's slippery.  I also did 45 minutes on elliptical and pilates on the ball video.  Getting stir crazy being homebound for a week.

Friday - After being stuck home the last 3 days I was ready to go back to work.  I did 45 minutes of tough elliptical workout.  Long run tomorrow.  Back to the practice trail.

I was dressed and ready to go, then when I went to feed the chickens before I left I realized that their coop needed attention.  I wanted to walk away and take care of it later but I knew I wouldn't be in the mood to do it after a long run.

so 2 hours and a cordless drill, pneumatic nailer, circular saw, & jig saw late r, I was ready to run and it started raining.  My weather app showed a sun and no rain for 3 more hours.  I was so mad at that dumb weather app.  I just wasn't feeling the love for 3 hours on the muddy trail in the cold rain. After all the snow this week I realized the clay in the trail was probably not a safe bet today either.

My lucky day- the high school was having a day long basketball game with boys/girls jayvee/varsity games back to back.  So i got to run the treadmill and watch some b-ball.  I saw some sweet moves on the boy's varsity team.  Impressive!  Some girls on the visiting team were mocking me (they could see in the window on the 2nd floor) before their game.  They played, they lost, and no one was mocking me when I was still going an hour later.

The last hour sucked.  I wanted to quit.  I didn't, but I did a little slow jog for 5 minutes to get my groove back.  Then treated myself to a 3 course Thai dinner.  Happy year of the horse.  I ate like one.  Totally worth that last hour on the milly.