Getting Back Into the Routine

Well, as everyone saw from the previous post, being at home was just a bunch of eating out and baking of cookies. I got back to C'ville yesterday with intentions to run, but the weather decided to be ridiculous and snow 4 inches. I barely made it back and once I was done sliding around in my 2-wheel drive tiny compact car, I took a long nap because I was so tired after that drive. So today I ventured out...to the bus stop to hitch a ride to the gym. I had intentions of running 5 miles but the minute I got on the treadmill I knew it was not going to be a fun run. At mile 2.5 I was panting and gasping for air and trying to chug my water whilst running (which I am horrible at let me just say). So I had water running all down my chin and was gasping...but in the end I somehow managed to run 4 miles in 42:24. I think part of the difficulty of that run may have been the celebratory champagne I had last night + the box of junk food I got in the mail (my exam box arrived after exams ended...hah) Anyway, it just shows how it pays off to consistently run without a 3 day break (ugh, kicking myself) and lots of junk food. Now that I don't have to go into work tonight I had time to make myself a yummy lunch (spaghetti and marinara) and I think I'm going to spend the rest of my day wrapping Christmas presents, updating my iTunes library and perhaps watching a movie while sketching or doing some water color. I also plan on running in the morning before I pick up the boy at the airport as long as I can manage to don enough layers so that I don't freeze in the snow.

Also, here's a good article on how to beat the blues of indoor treadmill running. It was an interesting article with some good ideas, although personally, if I have an awesome running mix to listen to, I don't mind treadmills at all.