Brrrrrr!!! Let's Go For A Run!

Its freeezzzzzing outside! It's the middle of November in Alabama. It was 39 degrees outside Saturday morning! It's raining and miserable right now. Seriously Mother Nature what are you thinking? We are right in the middle of our Walt Disneyworld Half Marathon training! Now is not the time for this!

We have had an unusual unseasonable winter blast this past week. The temperatures have dipped into the 30's with high's in the 40's. Yikes. I'm a Southern girl. I'm not a huge fan of winter. Unless I'm on vacation in Canada or Alaska! I like warm and sunny in my Sweet Home Alabama! 

6 miles was on our training schedule Saturday. 6 miles with or without freezing cold weather! I'm just glad it wasn't raining too! Me & the husband talked it out over morning coffee in our nice warm cozy kitchen.  Our conversation went something like this: Me: what time do you want to run? We have 6 miles. Him: when it warms up in the 50's. Me: well that will be Spring. Him: I'll get my jacket! And out the door we went! 

We decided to take the scenic route. Run 3 miles from our house through downtown Pell City, then turn around and come home. We took a few back roads to keep out of traffic. By the time we hit the halfway point the sun was warm and we had a really nice run in spite of the hills!

We didn't realize that there are a lot of hills around here! We drive these streets all the time and the hills don't seem quite so steep! They are really steep on foot! But with every step I remind myself the hills are hard now but the endurance you gain will show up in the half marathon at mile 11 when your legs are tired! So I don't complain too much about  running up and down the hills! The key word is too much! 

We have less than 2 months until our half marathon. I can't believe we are so close to the end of 2014. Between now and the time we leave for Walt Disneyworld  we have 4 birthdays, 3 major holidays, a few more Alabama football games with hopefully a SEC & National Championship win, work, work , work & half marathon training scattered all over the calendar! This year is in fast gear! 

But for now we are focused! And we are stressed! What does that commercial say? Life comes at you hard?! Yea, it does! So we will take it one day at a time. t's cold and dreary outside, it's winter all of a sudden and we still have a lot of miles to run! The good news is that there is just enough of 2014 left for us to get it all done! Thank heavens for running  and staying busy & keeping it in perspective! We are looking forward to the Finish Line! 

xoxo Peace Love & Grandmary