Hello, everyone, and happy new year!
GN, glad to hear you are getting back into the swing of things and nailing your swims. Good luck on all the 10Ks -- that sounds like a fun distraction to keep you motivated through the January blahs.
S, hope you are settling into your new space! And finding new training adventures, of course.
Dr_C, sending you good thoughts for your coaching situation. It sounds like it's just not working for you anymore, and I hope you get some resolution soon.
TDS, the exploring sounds fun! What kind of adventure race will you be volunteering at?
Last week I did the split of first half of the week off, last half of the week back to real life. My husband and I ran a very cold 5K on New Year's Eve, but it was fun to end the year on a high note. Even though I had run the day before I couldn't resist running on New Year's Day when it was reasonable temps and sunny. I ended the week getting back into my bike-or-run-after-work routine and doing my usual longer training, grocery shopping, food prepping, etc. on the weekend.
I did run 10 miles on Sunday for the first time since February or so (!) and it started snowing HARD at mile 6. I couldn't see a thing, I was covered in wet snow, puddles were starting to form, my chin was frozen, but it was so ridiculous I HAD to keep going. I mean, I was already cold and covered in snow, so why quit early? When I got back, I was seriously regretting my decision the day before to not have so many extra calories in the house and NOT buy some apple cider... there is something about a nice, hot apple cider after a cold run! I had to settle for tea... boring.
A non-training, fun thing Sunday after my run was a friend's birthday party at a pay-one-price arcade. All of us senior citizens were dominating Pac-Man and Galaga and left the new shooter games to the whippersnappers, lol. It made running through a snowstorm totally worth it.
I hope you all are having a good week so far.
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