Tough week… Monday was 2 miles. Inside, on the treadmill. No biggie after Saturday. I ended up going further, about 3 miles in all, but the last mile was mostly walking. Wednesday I attempted to run outside – that was a mistake I think. I actually ended up working 12+ hours on Tuesday and was just beat. So, I skipped the gym Wednesday AM and headed there at 4:45. All I can say is packed, packed, packed. Every treadmill, elliptical and bike was in use. I lifted (arms) and decided to head outside to run. It was very cold and I didn’t stretch as much as I should have, so it was a hard run. I really didn’t know how far I had run until I mapped it out. It was just under 2 miles with several periods of walking. Not good for my distance. Thursday, I walked on the treadmill, but did end up running a bit (about a mile). I felt better running, but wanted to drop back to walking per my training schedule.

Today, it’s another 3-miler. This will be tough since right now it’s a brisk 17 degrees – but might warm to the mid 20’s by 8:00. The cold air makes it really hard to breath, and it makes my nose run wild. I have been fighting a sinus / cold thing all week, but am determined to run through this today. If I survive, I’ll post after the run to document how it went. If this is the last post, I died along the way… Ha!