Run Before the Storm

In honor of today's Walt Disney World Marathon (Wes is running there this weekend), went out for a beautiful sunny Sunday run.

Well, also because I owe my VRAA team whatever paultry milage I can muster...

But really because it's going to snow for about 24 hrs starting tonight here in Joisey and I wanted to get some milage in.

My shiny new iPod has helped me discover podcasts (the aforementioned DisUnplugged is my favorite right now) but I am also rediscovering music--what a concept. I feel like I've been in a time warp for the last 6 years, not really listening to music. I've missed it. It made me bop a little while running (Gwen Stefani, "Sweet Escape," just fun), and it actually made me run a little faster at the end ("Whine it up"! Kat DeLuna). Loved getting in some miles with some podcasts & tunes before the snow hits.

Holiday Slacking

The holiday slacking had to come to an end last night, went out for a 3 miler. I stuck with R3/W1 since I hadn't run in two weeks, and it went ok. It was a nice, just-under-40 night, and I was running with ...

MY NEW iPOD NANO from DH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Woo hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am still figuring out how to load songs and categorize them, and darned if I could NOT figure out how to deal with the volume while out last night, but wow, running with tunes was a blast and really made the R3 intervals pass by more quickly. And I ran to Bruce, Soul Asylum (I just yesterday figured out who they are, hello, 21st century), Indigo Girls, Abba, Sheryl Crow,U2...mmmmm. And I am a Disney nut and just started downloading Dis Unplugged podcasts, oh yeah.

400 miles for this year is in jeopardy, I still need 20.25, and in 4 days, it's not going to happen (it would be like cramming for an exam if it does), but last year was 122.94 miles and this year is (so far), 379.77. Improvement in distance, yep. Still off the couch, yep.

**Mom update: She is home, recovering from pneumonia, feeling tons better just wiped out. Now maybe she can get to the business of recovering from all that chemo & radiation. And she also pushed me to get my first mammogram this week, it wasn't that bad, so if you haven't done it and you're female, just do it :-)

Wishing all my fellow runner-folk a good holiday and a great new year. You all amaze me and inspire me.