It’s been a little less than a month since the Dopey Challenge was over and I’m still getting out and enjoying my time on the roads.  Some days I have been choosing to walk rather than run.  Part of it is because I was fighting off a cold.  I typically don’t care and just run through it; but I figured what do I have to prove?  Why not just walk and enjoy the time out there?

We have been having the strangest weather.  One weekend it will be 50 degrees and everything has a hint of Spring on it; then we will get a snow squal and everything is coated with white; only to melt a day later.  Then the following weekend we will have a snow storm dump 12 inches on it – 7 days later 50 degrees and all the snow is gone.  We are now on the colder trend of weather and the talk is that there will be more snow coming this week.

On Thursday I went for a walk.  I planned on getting in at least 4 miles.  The weather forecasters kept changing their forecast throughout the day from what was to be a potential 1″ dusting for our area to a much more significant snow.  I knew something was up when I was out on my walk because all of the geese were in the fields gathering up food.  I took a detour from my usual walk and went into a cornfield and followed it back into a section I have never walked before. I wanted to mix things up a little bit. I was enjoying my Laugh or Go Crazy podcast and felt like I was getting some soul healing that I was needing.

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The following day the kids had a snow day.  I worked all day and then around 4:30 I needed to get out of the house and run.  The roads were plowed and the kids were playing in the snow.  I was antsy for my fresh air fix.  Although it was slippery in spots I really enjoyed my time on the road.  It was just before the sun set and the views were spectacular!

 

So what am I up to race-wise?  I have been averaging between 3-6 mile runs but need to get in a little bit of a longer run to prepare for the runDisney Princess Half Marathon weekend Glass Slipper Challenge I am running with Mandy.  I was planning to do the Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon in Washington D.C. in March but am going to pass on that since it is a long drive for a half marathon.  I was going to turn it into a family trip; but we want to spend more time in the city and enjoy the sights.  The runDisney Star Wars Dark Side Challenge is taking place in April so I will run that with Diana and Mandy and it takes place during our family vacation to Disney.

I haven’t made decisions yet for my other race plans.  Since I am passing on the D.C. race, I will run the Chicago Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon because I was given the bib by Team Chocolate Milk.  I wasn’t sure that I was going to want to run that race again; but I loved Chicago and had a great time with Susana Cruz so I hope we can hook up again and maybe I can encourage some of my other friends to run this race also.

I did toss my hat into the ring for the sweepstakes for the New York City Marathon.  So now I wait to hear if that is going to fall into my plans for “not running a Fall marathon”.  If that does turn up as a Yes then I have some thinking to do.  I believe it also falls on the same weekend as the runDisney Wine and Dine Half Marathon.  So I may defer for the following year if I do get into NYC.  Again, time will tell.

So that’s what I have been up to lately.