I went out by myself I was thinking about doing a tempo run, but I didn't have the energy. I haven't gotten much sleep lately. I'm still trying to get Christmas presents finished. Sew. Sew. Sew. I am having a lot of fun working on them. And I am pretty sure I am getting a cold.
Tired of the sidewalk routes, I decided to run on the trail. It wasn't plowed at all, but I was ready for a change of scenery. Running through the woods was beautiful. The river was amazing with the unfrozen water snaking through the ice--just like a painting. I didn't enjoy the winter wonderland as much as I normally would. Running on the snow is hard work. Most of the other tracks I saw was that from cross country skies.
The temperature was 14 degrees and the wind chill was 3 degrees. I was so glad when the run was over.
I definitely made my goal of 26 miles this week. I don't feel very confident that I can get in 30 miles every week to get 120 a month. I am going to adjust my goal from 120 miles per month for December, January, and February to 100 miles per month. I don't feel as stressed with 100 miles per month. And it will be tons more mileage than last winter when I ran between 14 and 18 miles a week. | 