SNOW TO SUN

ELLIPTICAL : 45 MIN. / AVE HR= 129

During the night, I could hear that the snow plows were out. I was suprised though to see the amount of snow we had gotten. At least another 3 inches. I feel that while training for this marathon, I am constantly rethinking my long run. When training for Chicago (which is in October), I found that my main concern was how early that I could get out to beat the heat. I did constantly complain about the heat and swore my next marathon would be a spring marathon. I never expected it to be the worst winter in years.

Tomorrow on paper was to be a 4 hour run. If I were to estimate miles,it would be a 15-17 miler. I run by time not miles. My goal is to comfortably fit in at least 2-five hour runs. As far as tomorrow goes, I went scouting out a place to find the miles. With this new snow options for 4 hours are limited because of snow cover. I did get my Yak Trax but it's too deep to help. The sun did come out today and give me the urge to enjoy the outdoors. The other option is head for the gym for another marathon run. All that I know is that I will not give into the winter and I will be ready for this marathon. It is 11 weeks from tomorrow and too early to panic.

On another exciting note , my garmin 305 came yesterday. I spent last night loading and charging. It is totally amazing what it can do. Also, this is my favorite candy time of the year. My reward after my long run tomorrow is---PEEPS. They are my favorite as long as they are the yellow ones. Any shape is fine. If you ever are really bored-throw one in a microwave and watch what happens!! Do not let your kids try this. Waddling and dreaming of peeps..............................