Winning Back What I Lost

7PM: I usually take Sunday's off but I'm leaving tomorrow for a funeral and I knew this week would be hectic. Martin and I ran down to Walgreen's to get a prescription for my wife but it was closed. It rained on us nearly the whole way and started to freeze toward the end of the run. I did get to use the new Garmin 405CX my wife got me for Christmas. I didn't ask for it but she admitted that she logged on to my ebay account and looked at my watch list.  Very sneaky that one.  I love it. It's much lighter and more use friendly than my 305.  I'll try to get up early and run another 6M before we head to Washington to say goodbye to my sweet grandmother. 

Snowboarding for about 6 hours. 

9PM: Very cold. 20 degrees plus a 15 mph wind. A little hobbled from snowboarding yesterday. Got my board stuck in some heavy powder and my left knee and ankle turned a direction that I didn't think possible. Knee is a little stiff but otherwise seems to be ok. My ankle is pretty swollen but tolerable. I've been icing multiple times for an hour at a time. Luckily, I'm off work this week.

630PM: Another cold night. Temp in the teens. Read an article the other day that said that you burn more calories running in cold weather. I hope that's true but I do know that I have to exert myself more running in the cold. Maybe that's due to the 5-10 lbs I've gained since Turkey Day and maybe some of its due to all the extra clothing I have to wear to run in the cold.

In any event, I returned home from the run to see that my wife had Rocky playing on the TV. It was the part where he runs through the city and climbs the steps to the theme song. My son then runs over to me and says, "Daddy you're on TV." That made me smile.

Looking back, 2010 was kind of an inconsistent year for me. Never really got my diet in line with my training. Ran fewer overall miles but more quality miles than I did in 2009. I didn't reach my goal of qualifying for Boston but I did set PR's in the 10k and Full Marathon. Looking forward to 2011 and checking that off my list.

7PM: Started off the new year with what will pass as a decent run for me this winter. I guess you could call it a slow progressive run. Hopped on the scale today and learned what I already knew- I put on 10 lbs the last couple of months. Turns out that eating pretty much everything you want during the holidays leads to weight gain. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.