It's been a while! Things have been very busy with work, training and in general. I've been feeling great for the most part and have been pretty good about staying on track with my runs, especially when the weather is warmer than 15 degrees. This weekend was pretty tough with the wind on the Charles, but it always holds true that the most adverse runs are the most rewarding. Finishing 17 miles in a little under 3 hours was discouraging, but the amount of times we dodged ice, snow and the like really tacked on time.
I started to post last week when I was in DC:
Yesterday, today and tomorrow I'm in DC for work and visiting with the Jumpstart DC staff! It's so great to see the staff in other areas of the country to be able to put a face to a voice (or email). The staff here are so wonderful and very committed to Jumpstart and it's connection to children in need in DC. I'm going to be sad to leave them because they are all so wonderful. Tomorrow I will be recruiting at Georgetown at their career fair and then hop on a plane back to Boston, just in time for Saturday's long run. This morning I took advantage of the weather here (it's almost 60 degrees today!) and ran around the mall. It was incredible to have the monuments as the backdrop for my morning run - I could definitely get used to that.
All went well on the trip to DC and it was actually 70 on Friday - it felt so good to just walk outside, even with no specific destination. But now I'm back and it snowed again a bit yesterday and it's slated to snow again this weekend. Someone, who has run the marathon before, sent me a great article about training in Boston this winter. Though I'm not in the picture (thank god), this is the same path I run every Saturday for my long runs in Newton on the actual marathon course. Take a read: Marathon hopefuls try to stay the course. Thanks so much Erin!
I'm so close to my goal and STILL haven't had an event yet. Soon though! I'll keep you posted!
Have a great week everyone!
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