Happy Thanksgiving

After a chilly, drizzly 10K today, I'm ready for a little extra sleep over the next few days. This past week, I was able to keep with my schedule, except for swapping out tuesday's run with today's planned workout. I'm still pretty sore from lifting yesterday. I'm trying to mix in a little heavy lifting over the winter, simply to strengthen my upper body for swimming and legs for increased speed in biking and running. I'm afraid of injury, so I'd rather do this before my endurance workouts become too long. I also want to do some track workouts - and will either do this with Dana Farber or Community running. It might mean missing my next chorus concert, but I'll just have to see what the scheduling is like.

Meanwhile, I am now officially registered for three 1/2 marathons in February:

Music 1/2 Marathon, Cocoa Beach, FL - February 7th
Palm Springs 1/2 Marathon, Palm Springs, CA - February 14th
Hyannis 1/2 Marathon, Hyannis, MA - February 28th

It will be nice to have two warm races at the beginning of the month, and I'll have about 10 days to run in southern California during my February break. March is still open, and I may opt to simply run all the Dana Farber distance runs in preparation for the Marathon, instead of trying to find official races. It would be nice to find something for January, but there aren't any good New England races, and I won't be able to get away during the month. I'll have to have the bundle-up-and-run philosophy.

The next step is to plan the races leading up to the half ironman in late June. This will be a combination of bike races, running races and maybe a smaller triathlon. Normally, I'd put this off until much later, but I now know how quickly these races fill up during the winter, so I'm trying to plan ahead.

am i still outside
hidden beneath the layers
listening inward

cursing cold drizzle
how I'll miss you in summer
on the hot pavement