Training Update and Weekend Wrap-Up

I've decided to do a weekly training post as a means to hold myself accountable while not in official marathon training. I'm struggling with motivation, and I'm hoping this helps me stay on track. I was going to post it yesterday, but Comcast decided I really DIDN'T need internet service last night, so it's getting tacked on here.


So I wrote my December goals last post, and my first week was mostly successful. I did get 3 runs in. But I only did one core workout (with my attempt at yoga) so I need to get serious about that. Having a new toy (my Garmin 305) made my runs pretty fun, since I am a data junkie. My run yesterday was not nearly as fun - I can do running in the cold, but add wind and a wind chill of 12 degrees, and suddenly its more tough than fun. But I was still glad I got out there. And my kids had a ball playing in all our new snow!


It started late Friday night and snowed most of Saturday. It was great packing snow, and the kids pummeled John with snowballs until he surrendered. Jenna finally relented and asked me for snow pants and boots (she had been waffling on whether or not snow pants and boots were cool, but decided that fun in the snow wins out). I could hardly keep Julia and Jack in the house - love that!

Saturday morning Jenna and I got to drive all over in the snow - she had a blood draw and an orthodontic check scheduled. I was thankful that there was very little traffic, since the roads were not so fun to drive on at that point. We finished it off with a nice breakfast at Panera. I really crave one on one time with each of my kids, so it was nice to hang with her for the morning.

Saturday night John and I escaped our kids for a while and attended the wedding of the daughter of one of his coworkers. I wasn't all that keen about going (wedding present plus babysitter for the afternoon/evening equals expensive, especially this time of year) but we ended up having a really nice time. We came home to find that our babysitter had brought over ornaments for the kids to craft - they turned out so cute! We are blessed to have such a good sitter to rely on. She's fantastic and the kids adore her.

Sunday I shopped a bit (I found a little tree for super cheap - since we are not going to be home at all for Christmas, and since the basement is a crazy mess with stuff stashed random places, I couldn't bring myself to put up the big tree this year) and then headed out for my run. My new wool socks did fairly well, but my toes still were pretty cold. I'm a winter running work-in-progress. I think next time I go out in below 20 degree weather, I'll try one of those neck warmers that I can tuck my face into. The wind was wicked.

It's a new week! It's going to be a COLD one here...I'm just thankful that the crud is mostly GONE. YAY! Running in the cold with chest crud was NOT FUN.