Nothing else better to do than run.

Busy, busy, busy day with almost sleep and running on fumes! Oh well… next week will be a great short week. An afternoon run with plenty of snow and ice on the ground. Very invigorating running through the canyon on a pillow of white.

Great morning run! It was dark with snow falling; running through neighborhoods. This close to Christmas I felt like caroling. There were a few brave friends who joined in. I love this time of the year! My legs are still fairly tired from the marathon, and putting in some miles last week. Hopefully the effort will pay off somehow. 

I am almost done with Christmas cards, the shopping is completed. I still need to bake neighborhood treats and wrap the kids and wife's presents. Still a lot to do before the big day. I am looking forward to taking some time off and being with my family. They are great and it is hard not to spend as much time as I would like with them. I think most of all I am looking forward to playing Rockband 2 with my boys and my wife rocks with the vocals. Hopefully the kids will want to share the Xbox with their old dad.

 Looking forward to a week of running with friends and plodding along in the snow. 

Quick afternoon run, very cold but great to be running none the less.

Caught up on some sleep and was able to make it to the 5:15am run which was awesome as usual. It was dry the first half with light falling snow the second half. Turned out to be perfect and was not too cold. Great to visit with everyone. I ran mostly with Peggy and Alan, great to get caught up.

Incredible day for running inside. Outside was so cold and windy this morning that it almost seemed unbearable. Peggy planned a run at the Olympic Oval and several of us from the running group tagged along. It was simply incredible. There was two hockey games going on, the olympic team was doing 500m time trials and plenty of runners going around the track. I feel so spoiled having such a great facility in my own backyard. Most of the laps I ran were with Alan, Michelle and Kelli. Scott, Peggy and Mike were doing their own thing but it was nice to visit once in a while. I finished a total of 11 at the track. I ran another five this afternoon.