We've had it turned completely off for a while now. No biggie, it hasn't been that cold. Until today. I woke up shivering and checked the weather. It was 42. (5 for my dear Canadians!) Hmm, to wear a jacket or not? My biggest fear while running is not being hit by a car, or chased by the boogeyman or a dog. Nope, my biggest fear is getting too hot.
This is Texas after all.
I made the choice to don a jacket and I was glad that I did. Okay, let's be honest, I donned a jacket, my ear warmers and gloves. I slipped off my ear warmers mid way and kept zipping and unzipping my jacket to ventilate. It's official - jacket weather is near! It's supposed to continue to get colder this week. We can expect lows in the 30's for the next few days. That's cold for Texas y'all!
I called the heater man as soon as I got home.
To extend my long weekend, I took the day off from work. Went back to bed after my run, did some laundry, called the heaterman, had a doctor's appointment, got my vehicle registered. Exciting stuff.
I did find a heart shaped tortilla while making breakfast tacos!
I signed up to run the RnR Half in March. This will be the first year for RnR in Dallas. I ran this same course this year and I have the privilege of paying nearly twice as much now that RnR is hosting. Hoping to PR to make it worth it!
US continues to replay the Ironman World Championships over and over. I continue to watch and obsess. My doctor is not helping. She was looking up local sprint tris for the Spring for me. (and humoring my talk about the half Ironman held in Austin each October...)
Because I'm a super dork, when I recorded my mileage this morning I noticed I was only 4 miles away from hitting 100 this month. Clearly this meant that I must head back out for 4 more miles. I did just that this evening. Is that even semi-normal? I was logging 140+ easily each month during marathon training. I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep tonight if I was 4 miles short of 100 for November. Oh, and they were 4 amazing miles! My time was 41.35. Not bad, I'm slowly picking up the pace again.
I better, White Rock is only two weeks away! I'm not hoping to PR (but secretly I am.) I'm just running this one to get my half legs back. Remember what a great race I had last year???
Oh yes, and I'm giving up eating out for the month of December. I do this from time to time, mostly because I'm crazy. Considering making it a once a week benefit, not cold turkey. We eat out alot. Like alot, alot. I'll keep you posted.
November was a great month. I'm a little sad to see it go. December holds great promise though!
That IS cold! You won't find me running outside in that weather. Unless it's to get inside my car or a building! lol
ReplyDeletePS: Thanks for including the temperature in terms I understand! :o)
Can I just say how happy I am that you converted the temperature for us? I always convert the temperature for my American readers but RARELY is it converted. It really puts in perspective what the temperature is because honestly when I read 'In the 30s or 40s' I have NO idea since that's HOT here!
ReplyDeleteToo funny that you pulled a double-day just to hit your 100-mile marker. I would probably do the same thing!
I'm def committed to bringing lunch all month! We can do it!
ReplyDeletehaha, I love the heart shaped tortilla!
ReplyDeleteI don't know why but your whole post just made me smile. I loved it all from your worrying about ventilation (I share this same phobia) to your obsessing over IM! LOL!
ReplyDeleteIs that semi-normal? Well, we're runners and runners have a whole 'nother set of rules as to what's normal, right?!
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