Will Run For Ice Cream

Running…. well running feels like a thing of the past at the moment. But winter won’t last forever. I know once Spring gets here that I’ll start running again regularly. But, I haven’t totally given up on running in Winter just yet. But after looking at the weather for this weekend, I won’t be running outside this weekend. I know I could join a gym and it may come to that… I won’t know for sure until I begin my new job and get used to working a full time schedule. Also, with the traffic, I would need to find a gym that was convenient for me to get to before or after work. So, I’m not sure at this moment which gym could be the best. I don’t think my new job is really located ‘near’ any particular gym. Also, I know once Spring gets here that I’ll be running outside again and I won’t really need to go to a gym… hmm… I guess I could always use the stationary bike that is collecting dust in the basement….

Running – well running is probably not going to happen for me anytime soon. It is warming up a ‘little’ but the wind is so bad and it has a ‘bite’ to it. So I think my goal of running 3 times a week during the Winter may be unrealistic for me unless I join a gym. The exercise bike is sitting in the corner mocking me because I haven’t ridden the bike either. I don’t really have an excuse not to ride the bike other than I just don’t like it. Maybe today I'll ride...

I piled on the layers and went out into the elements today. It was cold, but the face mask that HG gave me really helped. I’m disappointed though. I thought I had run much farther than what I did. But my goal was to run, and I ran even though the wind chill was in the 20’s.

Wow I did it. The wind was howling and I do mean howling. We were having wind gusts up to 45mph. At one point, I saw some snow flurries. Needless to say, it was cold. But, HG wrapped a scarf around me and gave me something to put over my nose and mouth which greatly helped. People were looking at me like I was insane. I’m not sure if it was because I looked like a midget criminal with my face mask and toboggan or because it was so cold and the wind was so fierce. Regardless, I ran. I ran into the wind, I run with the wind and I ran beside the wind… but I completed my goal for the day and ran 3.1 miles.

I have a love/hate relationship with running. Just this last week, I told my husband that I wasn't running anymore. I'm finished. It's cold. It's wet. And I'm just truly disgusted with my distance, my pace and my lack of motivation. I'm done. Today - well today I realize that I miss it. I miss setting a goal and trying to achieve it. I don't always reach my goal and when I don't, those around me tend to suffer for it - but when I do - it's a really great feeling of accomplishment. It's a feeling of being proud of myself - a feeling that I don't sometimes feel very often. So today, I am hoping to set a new goal for myself. Just three times a week, surely I can do it just three times a week. From Sunday to Saturday, I hope to run 3 times a week which means if I run on the weekends, I only have to run once during the weekday. I'm going to try to focus on the fact that I am running - not the pace or the distance or even the lonliness that I f...

I wasn’t mentally into running today but knew that I needed to do ‘something’ and take advantage of the warmer weather. I decided to run a quick mile instead of running a longer distance. I ran an 8’32” mile. It won’t break any records, but it was decent. After the Winter passes, I’m considering joining a running group. I think if I run with a group I could increase my distance and have a better pace. At least today, I didn’t get chased by any dogs.

Sigh… I ran 3.917 miles after work today. I started off fine with around a 9 minute pace. But as usual around 2 or 2.5 miles I started to feel it and slowed up and walked here and there. The hills are tough! I enjoyed the sunset though and the view of the fall foliage was spectacular. Although I’m discouraged with my ‘time’, I’m pleased that I took the initiative to run today.