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Ran treadhills @ 8:49, then biked 5 miles. My legs ache tonight.

So I decided I need new music for my winter treadmill runs. Was talking to my mom while I was perusing on Amazon and she said since she didn't know what to get me for Christmas she would get me music. Woohoo! I now have 3 CD's coming with 70's music. Ok, this really dates me, I know. Music was good back then, most of the stuff these days...ugh. Some is good and I have an ipod full of it, but you can't beat the 70's.  :)

Two weeks and 3 days and we are Colorado bound. Can't wait to get my "mountain fix". 

Ron, Bayly and I went out for an evening run. Temp was 5, but no wind. It was really dark. Fortunately the road was dark and the snow was white. The stars were amazing. Couldn't see Bayly at all as she is the same color as the landscape. We could hear her thunder paws run up occasionally to check in. We were frosty, and Bayly had her first set of whiskercicles.

Snow moving in tomorrow. Should be nice and slippery for the Jingle Bell Run on Saturday. 

Temp was 5, windchill, somewhere a little below 0. The first 1/4 mile was really slippery. Once we got on the bike path the race organizers really did a good job of cleaning it off so the course wasn't to bad. Considering we had 4 inches of snow yesterday. It was an out and back, so the last 1/4 mile was really slippery. :)

My time was ok considering the conditions. There were 310 runners/walkers. I was the 21st female. I love the Jingle Bell Run! The outfits some runners wear are quite creative.

Heading out to shovel. Oh JOY! 

Temp 8, very little windchill. It gets dark so early. But dusk made for a nice run. The sky was crystal clear except for one jet stream that was orange from the sunset. The dirt road was snow covered, but not slippery and someone has been clearing the bike path so it was almost free of snow. My eyelashes were frosty, but didn't really get cold.  I just have to remember how to layer. It always takes me a few runs before I figure out the right combo. I hate tight fitting layers, except for underarmur, then I had a techy shirt, my Loki over that and then a windbreaker. My Loki is big and the windbreaker is small, so it was too tight. Next time the windbreaker goes under the Loki. Then I think I will be good to go.

Less than 2 weeks and I will be home for Christmas (Colorado). I would break into song, but I will spare you all the misery. My singing is well.....lets just say I don't even sing in the shower! ;)

On the TM tonight. Planned on 5, but I started lifting weights and my legs felt tired.

Pace @ 8:34

Hoping to get outside tomorrow, but the wind is supposed to start blowing again. When it is 5 and the wind is blowing 5-10 mph, it is really cold. Or I am a wimp...no it is really cold! 

Treadhills in the basement. But my new music came so it wasn't so bad. 

So my washer is not working right. Not spinning all the water out of the clothes. Then I check the dryer last night and it isn't working! The dishwasher quit a couple months ago, which is no big deal with just Ron and I. However, the washer and dryer are going to need to be fixed or replaced soon. I guess it is time, they are 20 years old. What are the odds they would quit at the same time? 

Temp was a balmy 30, that is above 0. Tomorrow the bottom starts to drop out. Supposed to be barely above 0 on Saturday and well below 0 at night. So Bayly and I had to get out today! I was planning on just an easy 5, enjoy the day. But no. The wind was blowing about 15-20 when I started. By the time I finished it was around 30 and gusty. Snow was blowing across the road and I was running into it for the last 1/2 of the run. So much for nice and easy. 

For a 11/2 miles I was running with the wind blowing straight out of the west right into my left ear. Even though I had a headband over it, by the time I turned it was really starting to ache. My mother-in-law used to get ear aches from the cold. Oh no, I am turning into my mother-in-law! No worries, she was a great lady, God rest her soul, and she raised an amazing son. :) 

Taking tomorrow off. It's toffee making time!  

8:57 pace

Biked 4 

Gorgeous evening run. Temp 24, very little wind and snowing. I stayed on the truck route and bike path. It is so slippery, my outside runs will just be logging miles for the rest of the winter. I'll have to work on speed work on the TM, which works out quite well since the sooner I get off the treadmill the happier I am. :) 

Tara heads home tomorrow. Leave for Colorado on either Sat. or Sun. (yea!) Mom says the temps have been in the 40's and 50's. Woohoo! Break out the shorts and tank tops! Can't wait to run in some altitude and hills. It will kill me, but it will also be a nice change.

I was hoping to run more in Colorado, but there was so many other fun things to do I didn't get as many miles in as I had planned. We got home this morning. We barely got out of the storm pummeling Colorado and drove right into the one hitting ND right now. We are in a major blizzard until 3 am, then a slight lull, then another one is supposed to hit tomorrow afternoon. Ugh.

We did get to ski and Ron got me a Garmin! I got to use is once. Hopefully the weather will settle and I will get a chance to use it again before April. :)

 A BLESSED NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE! 

Raging blizzard outside. This seems to be the blizzard with no end. The drift across the driveway is about 5 feet high and it is still snowing and blowing. No way we are shoveling out of this one. Ron called the guy with the pay loader. He said he could possibly get to us Saturday night or sometime on Sunday. Since we were out of town, our grocery supply was a little low (milk, bread etc.) So we pulled the sled out of the rafters, and Ron, Tara and I headed to the grocery store. It was a cold walk (windchill -20), but we have food and snacks now, so all is well.

TM: 

Mile 1 @ 8:34

Mile 2&3 @8:00

Mile .65 @ 8:57

New year resolutions for 2011: Get back to pure running with some races thrown in now and then. Also work on my speed endurance and strength. I'll turn 50 this year so I figure if I stay with this running thing long enough, maybe some day I will be an age division winner. :). Also break 1300 miles.