Hi team! Hope everyone is having a great weekend so far! How far away from Christmas are we? *LOL* I can't believe that it's going to be next weekend! Well, we've got more snow coming down today so I'm glad I got the 10 miler out of the way yesterday. It was quite the wind chill but nice and sunny. I probably should have wore my ninja mask to keep my face covered but everytime I do that I end up with icicles on my eyelashes. Anyway, the 10 miles was awesome! Managed to keep my pace under 11 m/m and didn't have much knee pain other than the typical soreness and the end of a LR. I felt like I could have done the 5 mile loop a third time but I had to be downtown.
Speaking of ... downtown was a complete zoo yesterday. It took me 20 minutes to find a parking spot. So much for a bad economy. Anyway, I ended up being 15 mins late for my first hair appointment so the colourist wouldn't see me - really? It was new person so I don't know what was up with that. The stupid thing is that whenever I am on time, I always end up waiting at least 10 minutes. I told my hairdresser when he was doing my hair and he said he wasn't happy about that.
Well, I'm hoping next week will be quiet at work. I've still got my usual schedule next week - training on Monday, boxing on Wednesday and another short training session on Thursday. Will try to squeeze in some running as well but will likely stick to the TM becausee the roads will likely be snowy.
Margie - Sounds like you and Nikki got in a good walk yesterday! Glad you didn't fall but I know what you mean about stiff muscles when you try and stop yourself from falling. Do you have any heat packs you can use on your sore muscles?
Connie - I Googled the recipe and will give it a try over the Christmas break! I found some Skor chocolate chip bits at the supermarket so I'll give those a try in the recipe. Hope you didn't get too much snow!
Sue - I never got the chance to experience the joy of the 20 miler. Hope your's is going well today. I hope the fact that I did the 30K back in August will still count for something - that my body will know what it's like to get up to that distance. Are you going to be working next week?
Beth - I'm a side sleeper so I know what that's like. Sometimes because of my knee I can't sleep on my side either unless I use a body pillow (which I don't like because it retains heat). Sleeping on my back is just not comfortable even though I know it's one of the better positions to sleep in. How's your hip and knee today?
Dave - How was your walk with Sally? Is she excited about doing her first half in January? Yes, if you get any warm weather and sunshine - send a little bit of it our way. We could use some!
Mike - How your mom doing? Any progess from the treatments? How's your training going?
AFM - I picked up my new glasses yesterday. I really like them a lot. They're a thick blue plastic frame. For those of you on FB, I posted a picture. Today, I'm off to meet a friend for coffee and pastries downtown. That means I'm sticking to a healthy breakfast and lunch today!
Have a great day everyone!
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hope you were able to get all your errands accomplished!
on the ice. 
Got in all your runs, back to back runs, 
for Sara! And wish I could stay up to watch the lunar eclipse but if I do, I'll be sleeping at work the next day 
I'm really disappointed with myself because I'll have to slowly work my way up again and that's not much time to do it in.
Take care in the holiday rush and remember to show patience where others do not. I saw a customer yelling at a handicapped cashier for not coming around (past 2 other cashiers) to pick up some magazines that fell right next to her instead of simply picking them up herself. I simply walked over and picked them up (all 3 of them). I was really disappointed to see such treatment of anyone, let along at Christmas time. It's such a shame.
