Been Awhile

Its been awhile since I posted last...my apologies.

There hasn't been much to write about. The biggest story going on is the weather in this part of the country. Earlier this week we had a bit of a warm up... if you consider 40 degrees a warm up. Much of the snow melted; many of the huge piles were reduced down significantly. We actually saw the concrete of the driveway for a day.

I did manage to get in a few more miles of running. On Sunday, the 21st, I ran a mile again but this time I was pushing my baby in my B*O*B stroller, which added an element of difficulty. I was buoyed, though, by my MP3 player for which I finally got headphones that work. Having little tiny ears, earbud headphones don't work really well. I need the ones that get shoved into the ear canal. I finally purchased some as I was very low on funds for a while and have determined that the tempo of some songs can help you go that little bit farther.

I rested on Monday and ran again on Tuesday, this time pushing past my normal mile marker and clocked in 1.2 miles but without the baby. Not a huge gain but a gain nonetheless. After that, its been snowing again. Considerably. Since last night around 11pm, we've managed to accumulate another 9 inches of snow. The wind has picked up as well, gusts over 30mph. Heavy snowfall, high winds...makes me want to get outside to run. It actually kinda does. That wasn't sarcasm.

I haven't run since Tuesday. I should push myself to hit the treadmill in the basement. I'm kinda not into running on the treadmill but if I'm serious about this race in March, then I better get my training in one way or another...baby or no baby, snow or no snow.

I have 29 days left to train for a 5K.

Serious Soreness

That Monday run, the 15 minute one...well, I was experimenting with a method of running called the Pose (r) method. You can check it out here. Now, I was just thinking about the basics: forward leaning, land on the forefoot, let gravity help, stay off the heels...

I knew my calves would be sore but...ow. Sore. Sore. Sore. My quads, nothing. Its all in my calves.

Yesterday I had a bit of a time stretching upright to get out of bed. Today is a bit better.

I am behind on my training schedule and I really don't want to push to April for the race but in the 1-1/2 weeks I've been on a plan, I've only gotten two days out on the street. The weather has been either feet of snow, below freezing temps or both. I don't have the gear (I think) to run in this weather and I'm not sure I want to risk a cold to try.

Monday was beautiful so I convinced my aunt to stroll with my son while I did my run. It was only 14 degrees outside so we made sure that Littles was all bundled up.



He could barely see above the scarf but that B*O*B stroller I have is amazing, it will go through anything: the sand on the beach in Santa Monica or seven inches of snow in Cleveland.

We got 4.5 inches of snow yesterday and are expecting another 3 or so inches today. The street hasn't been plowed. I would like to run and I never thought I'd hear myself say that but now, since I can run, I want to run and I CAN'T! Curse you, Mother Nature! :-)