Jan. 29 13 Miles

Angie and I met up and ran 13 miles about 3:30pm. She had marriage class all day so we had to do a late afternoon run. It was pretty warm out when we started, about 38 degree and neither one of us had underarmor on. I just wore pants, tshirt, and long sleeve tshirt. By the end of the run I could have used something a little warmer. We started out at Angie's parents house and headed toward Devou park. The snow was mostly melted and it was a pretty nice run. Both of us were feeling ok. I think Angie had a little IT band issue going on and I have decided I need new shoes. My feet were killing me by the end of the run. It was nothing special just the usual training run. It took us 2 hours and 16min to complete which was a little disappointing to each of us. I think our time has each of us a little worried, but we are chalking it up to a bad day. Afterward I didn't feel so well. I think is was because I only had coffee cake and a pretzel all day. Not so good.

Jan. 21 11 miles

Angie and I ran late this afternoon after she got off work at 4:00. We decided to go ahead and knock out the long run for the weekend so we could go to the wine bar on Saturday night and not have to worry about fitting a run in. I also had been hydrating all day with plan of doing a run anyway. It was freezing at 4pm on Friday. I think the temperature was somewhere around 9 degrees. I wore my tights, underarmor, long sleeve tshirt, hat, and gloves. The run went pretty well. I felt good for not running a whole lot lately. We did a nice route around Thomas More trying to avoid main roads because the sidewalks were still covered in snow. It turned out to be challenging with all the snow and we did spend some time running on all the snow covered sidewalks which really wore me out. I felt really good up until the last half mile or so. at this point we were on turkeyfoot road and couldn't get to the sidewalks and there wasn't a bike lane. things were a little scary with cars zooming by but we made it and I kept up. After we finished I was freezing cold and it was just getting dark. It took me another two hours, a warm shower, hot tea, and laying in front of the fire place before i finally felt normal again. Overall it was a good run.

Jan. 8 10 miles

Woke up this morning to about an inch of snow on the ground. The roads were icy and i debated not going, especially after Angie said she was going to do it. I had some peanut butter toast and a little coffee just incase i decided i was going. I finally manned up and ventured out into the cold. It was 17 degrees out with a wind chill in the single digits...freaking freezing was more like it. I had on my tights, underarmor, tshirt, hat, and gloves. probably could have used another layer. I started from my apartment and went into seneca. Some of the roads had been cleared and were slushy to run on, other than that I was running on the snow and ice. I ended up walking down Circle Hill because it was completely covered an i really wasn't in the mood to bust my butt running down it. other than that i managed my way through the snow and had a pretty good run. I felt really well besides the usual side cramp that was in and out the whole time. I think the pulled muscle in my rib cage is starting to heal because it wasn't all that sore. During the run, it was so cold out that the tears running out of my eyes were forming ice on my eyelashes. over all i was glad i ventured out because it ended up being a pretty good run, I did it in 1h39 mins. After all a little snow never stops the runners of louisville. they were all out in big numbers this morning. Makes me smile that i'm not the only crazy one.

Jan 3 8 miles

Ran 8 miles today by myself through seneca. It was 19 degrees at 9:00 and I wore running pants, underarmor, tshirt, hat, and gloves. For breakfast I had peanut butter toast and a little bit of coffee. I didn't feel so good, but I am fighting a cold and cough with a pulled innercostal muscle. My usual winter stomach cramp was in and out through the run, but i was able to push through and finish. I did stop and stretch my stomach muscles after 4 miles. I finished it in 1h17min.  It wasn't a great run, but its another one checked off the training calendar.

December 30th 6 miles

Ran 6 miles today with Angie and Clara. For breakfast I ate a bowl of oatmeal and drank a cup of tea. It was about 50 degrees outside at 11:30 and we ran around Angie's neighborhood. I wore tights, a tshirt, and a long sleeve tshirt. I felt good for not running a long distance since the thanksgiving day race. I had only run a 3 and 4 mile run before this run. We did it in 56:03 which was probably a little fast, but I was able to keep up.