Every Mile Earned

I like to do week in review when I'm training but January wasn't really a training month. It was more of survival month.  We had a pretty mild January but anyone who has ever spoken to me for more than 5 minutes, from December to at least the end of February, knows I hate winter. Even a mild winter (as much as I appreciate it) is still winter. If it's not 80 degrees outside, I'm cold. I've been battling congestion, a cold and general ill feeling. My family has been in the same boat.  I know I'm whining but it's so hard to get up and moving when it's dark and cold plus feeling like crud. My road. I don't run here when the weather is bad. I think of all the runs I did, one stands out as a really rough one.  It was in the teens and had snowed the night before. I wear Vibrams, which really lend zero protection from the cold.  I wore my trail ones to try to give myself a bit of traction in any snow I might encounter. It was in the teens my toes...

Happy New Year's fellow running and blog followers! 2015 was a good year of running for me.  I started the year running from sadness, depression and pain and ended it running towards the joy of running and the fun of challenging my boundaries. I had very low mileage in January and February because of the bitter temperatures and because I hurt my back. March and April brought in a lot of panicked running so I'd be ready to endure and survive my first half marathon (13.1 miles). I ran the race in May with the goal of a sub 2:30 and I was so happy to reach that goal.  I also had a great race, where I met some wonderful women to run the whole thing with. June had two more new races for me, a 10k (6.2 miles) and a 20k (12.4 miles). I went to the 10k hoping to run a sub 60 and was very shocked that I accomplished that goal.  The 20k was a fun and challenging course that I hope to run again this year. July had the first of my 5k's for the summer. I set a PR that blew...