Ending the Year with an Ouch
For some reason I decided to do away with 2008 by running a half-marathon. Well, actually it wasn’t a race per se, I just wanted to go the distance because I had never really run beyond 10k and I wanted to end the year with a bang. So in the snow and wind chill of -22C, I ventured out yesterday afternoon and did it.
Now, I’m spending New Year’s Day on the couch watching football and nursing a right knee and left foot, but I feel a hell of a lot better than if I told myself, "Well, it would be nice to run 22k by the end of the year, but…" I’ll feel fine by the weekend and now I can spend some time getting ready for getting back to eating right and training hard in 2009.
January 9, 2009 at 8:50 pm
The 1st 1/2 marathon in a while does bring out the aches and pains.
You’ll get better … best of luck for in the coming year.
January 20, 2009 at 4:14 pm
wow!! it was right around 0C today and i went to the gym instead of outside. that’s great that you were able to run the half marathon outside despite the weather — very impressive!