That's Brisk, Baby

After having a very tough week at work with little sleep and maximum stress, I was finally able to get out for run for the first time since Monday morning. Stepping out of the house before 7:00 AM and right as the sun was rising, I realized that the 24 degree temp on my thermometer was not even close to what it really felt like out there with the 10 mph wind (weather.com had the temp at 8 degrees with the windchill). Fortunately, I was dressed warm enough to beat the cold. The only part exposed was my face, which made me realize that I need a winter mask going forward (my jaw was numb by the end of the run). I ended up going 7+ miles, but it was really slow. I had to stop a few times and felt just dog tired about 3/4 of the way through. Also, my GPS conked out on my about 2/3 of the way through the run, so I had to record the run in two parts. I like Runkeeper on my IPhone, but sometimes it drives me crazy.

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With the official training program starting Monday, I'm going to ramp up my rest and mileage in comparison what I've been able to do the last 3-4 weeks. Work should be slowing down starting this week, so that will help tremendously. I'm going to hopefully be at the first group run next Saturday.

This has been an incredible week related to donations. So many people have been incredibly generous so far and I can't thank them enough for helping me reach my personal goal and helping Dana-Farber with their ongoing research. THANK YOU to all of you that have helped up to this point. Your thoughtfulness and generosity means a lot to me.

The Christmas season has been fun so far. The kids are incredibly excited and all decorations have been hung, installed, displayed, etc. A dinner with friends is on the docket for Saturday night and a visit to Santa is scheduled for tomorrow. Less than 2 weeks to go and counting!!