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

shred video...haven't done it for over a month, and woo-hoo, it was tough!

I did my pt before I ran.  I think it helped to warm up my muscles & wake me up a little.

Did a .5 mile walk/warm up, and then ran the 4 without any problems.  10 min mile for the first mile, then around 9:30 for the other three.  So nice to be back out in the mornings. No moon today...wonder when he'll be back.

It is cold here.  Cold for me anyway.  it was a 6-10 degree morning (factoring in the wind chill).  I bundled up and did some speed work to try & stay warm.  By the end of the run, I was HOT!  My head felt like it was melting....reminded me of Pedro in the bathtub.

I had that "smoker's hack" laugh all morning from the cold air in my lungs.  I'd forgotten all about that little joy of winter running.  Ah, the little pleasures in life that running brings.

woke up and did the beloved shred video to warm up...I had to hunt it down first.  Someone took it upstairs and had it in the dvd player up there.  I'm not generally a pleasant person in the morning, and having to track down my silly shred dvd really did not help matters.

Finished the shred and bundled up for a run in the 20 degree darkness.  I'm telling you, it was a pirate's delight out there this morning.  The frost on the grass was glimmering off the lights from the street lamps, and it looked like a million diamonds sparkling all over the world.  It was awesome!  I completely forgot that I was in a bad mood :-)

Thank goodness for little miracles in the mornings.

I ate an entire goody bag of cookies!!  Spent some repentant time on the elliptical after work.

I went to bed excited becausei thought I might get to run in a morning snow fall.  We had a 2 hour delay, so I kept looking out the window hoping for some snow.  I miagined myself running in the dark with snow falling and watching it fall in the headlamp & street lights.

After checking the weather every 30 min for 2 hours, I finally gave up and went for my run in the light rain.  The ground was fine when I went out (barely even wet), but when I got home, my driveway had a thin sheet of ice from the rain freezing.  They ended up cancelling school.

I took the day off & cleaned out my rain gutters, or as I more accurately referred to them yesterday as "pine needle, dead leaf, muddy ice gutters."   A few spots had 1/2 inch thick sheets of ice in them with icy mud plugs over the down spouts.  I'm glad I got that mess cleaned out!

By 10 am, the ice on the roads was melted!  The kids enjoyed a day off.  So did I!

Pilates in the evening.

shred level 1.

Hoping for a good long(er) run tomorrow, so I'm going to let my knee rest.  Not sure if it's necessary, because it hasn't bothered me all week.  But it sounds like a good idea & a nice way to justify staying in bed a little longer.

Cold and rainy.  I was just happy to be out running....didn't really notice the cold till the last 2 miles.  Wyatt is home being sick so I went alone today.  Did my PT before I went out. 

wore big knee brace, no problems at all :-)  happy day!!

Avg pace 9:07