I am soooo sore I could barely move this morning. Sunday was so spectacular with all that fresh snow and sunlight. Me and the kids took a walk along the river and saw what looked like barefoot footprints for about a mile in the snow. Upon closer inspection of the footprint (I was worried there was a schizophernic escaped from the mental hospital walking barefooted on the snowy trail) there was a small #3 embedded into the heel of the footprint. Someone (probably Sasha) ran with Vibrham 5 Fingers in the snow on Saturday. The snow is nice shock absorbtion, but that would be really cold to run in barefooters. Today, I ran 4 on the indoor track and 2 on the treadmill. The trail and road are frozen slippery tundra. I am sore from this weekend. But it was worth it, I got 11 miles in and a full afternoon of skiing. I hope my legs/knees recover by tommorrow. I need to feel rested by tommorrow though or risk injury. I've been doing my 'speed work' T/Th. This wintertime training absolutely sucks. It has been really hard to try and get my traning done before getting kids off to school & work, running in the snow and the dark (or the track and the treadmill). It's killing me and it's not fun, and I'm not doing my best running. Boston Marathon is going to be 'an experience'. I hate to go there and run a so-so race. Normally, I enjoy outdoor winter running. It's my time to enjoy the landscape and take it easy. But I just can't focus on the training during my kids school year, ski season, and while working full time. Also, I'm just not that dedicated--so I should just stop complaining. I'm making a choice not to use all my energy to train. Last fall, I ammended my work schedule so I could do longer morning work outs prior to St. George. And now, not only am I NOT doing harder weekday running, I'm still giving extra hours to skiing instead of recovery. I need to accept my choices and their consequences, and be at peace with the whole experience. I am still enjoying running with my friends and skiing, while not neglecting my kids or work. I simply do not have the energy to 'do it all.' So I'm chosing a higher balanced palate every day, over focusing on the training. It's obvious by my actions, that Boston is not as important to me as having energy to have a good life with my kids and friends every day. I've got to be at peace with that, or shut up and do what I know must be done to make Boston a good performance. | 