It was a balmy 40 degrees. I was actually excited when I heard it was going to be 40. But you know what? 40 is still pretty cold :)
A former student wanted to run with me. I ran with her once before and was not exactly looking forward to it. She's pretty slow. But in the spirit of Christmas, I decided to run with her. And it was really slow. Painfully slow. But once I just decided to go with it and not grouse about it in my mind, we had a pleasant conversation. She had to stop to walk a couple times. No big deal. After about 6 miles I ran ahead a bit and told her I'd meet her at the parking lot. I did another 2 on my own. Those two were fine. We ran at the trails in Mahomet. It was pretty muddy. It is mildly hilly there, so I got in some hills (don't be impressed. For you guys out west, they were probably like speed bumps).
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