Week 4 update

4 weeks down, 14 to go...

Quick Stats:

Miles Run - 30 (98 total)
Miles Run in the rain - 10 (Wednesday and Thursdays runs)
Times spent waiting at a railroad crossing - 2

Highlight of the week - That it's over!! I had zero motivation this week. Even though the winter season wrapped up at work, and I technically should have more time to go running, I was so busy doing the million things I had put off during these last few crazy months at work. Vet visits, checking out a class for my daughter, some serious grocery shopping and Target shopping sprees, tackling the mountains of laundry that were threatening to take over the apartment, putting an offer in on a house.... All of this took so much out of me. Even the easy 3 mile workouts took every ounce of strength just to get out the door. Of course, it didn't help that it was cool and rainy and just miserable outside all week. If it wasn't raining, it was foggy and dreary. Not ideal running weather. If all of this wasn't enough, my parents (who are also my go to babysitters) left for 10 days to go on a Mexican cruise, leaving me to pet sit their mini zoo and without a baby sitter, so now my husband and I have to co-ordinate our work schedules around this, leaving little time to get in runs, especially on the weekend. All in all, not a good week.

Run of the week: That would probably have to be my long run of 11 miles. I was able to get back out on my usual long run route after a winter of being too scared to attempt it. It wasn't the mileage that scared me, it was the fact that it's on this hilly twisty road along the river for a good deal of it (miles 5.5 to 9.5). There is no shoulder, huge drop offs along portions of it, and it crosses narrow bridges over one of the river channels at a few places. With all the snow and ice that were on the roads from about mid-December until last week, I wasn't going to chance it. But now that the snow is almost all melted, I can get back out there and enjoy the change of scenery.... even if this week it was completely hidden by a seriously dense fog.

Nemesis of the week: It's a close call between sleep, mother nature, and trains. Apparently I have a lot more enemies out there than I ever imagined.

The sun and the warmth are supposed to return this week. It's another hard one before getting to relax a little in week 6. Not nearly as many distractions and a little more down time this weekend since I get a whole Saturday off. If I can just stay dry, I'll be a happy camper :)