Sorry for not posting in...a month. Here goes...
In early December I ran my 8th half marathon as part of my marathon training. I ran the Fiesta Bowl 1/2 Marathon in Scottsdale and had a great race. I PR'd by about 7 minutes. I also did my 2nd 20 mile training run. Training was going so well that I did not take it easy after my hard race. I , instead, thought it would be good for my beat-up, 30-yr-old body to keep running (faster than I should have) the following week with my 16 & 17 yr old cross country runners. Needless to say, I was forced to take a few weeks easy and skip some long runs to nurse a sore hamstring. I think the rest was much needed, as the marathon training was, really, taking over my life. I got back in the yoga studio and have been adding more rest/cross training days...things I should have been doing all along. Oh well. Live & learn.
Our 4th East Coast Xmas Trip was a welcome distraction from intense marathon training. I flew into BWI on Monday, the 20th of December. My college friend was kind of enough to pick me up from the airport and drive me up to York. After a nap (that red-eye was rough), I drove up to the Tillinghammers' house to spend a few days with my nephews. The boys are doing great and are so much fun. We caravan-ed back to York on Wednesday night so that Mom and I could get up early on Thursday and drive back down to Baltimore to pick up Keeper. It was good to spend a few days at my parents' with everyone. Blake was especially into xmas lights this year and we had a fun car ride looking for blow-up Snoopy displays. Christmas Eve was spent doing the traditional "fancy" dinner with my parents, sisters & significant others, then church, then up to Grandma & Pap's for the late night feast with Aunts/Uncles/Cousins. It was really fun. On Xmas day everyone came to York to visit us and it was good seeing everyone.
Keeper and I woke up VERY early on the 26th to drive up to Connecticut. There was a blizzard on the way and we wanted to beat the storm (which we did). We saw the house in Milford, CT for the first time and it is beautiful. I loved being right across the street from the water.We also got to meet our nephew, Oscar, for the first time. What a cutie. The blizzard hit and we happily stayed inside to drink wine, play board games, and watch football. We didn't get hit that bad on the coast and were able to drive up to Boston on Tuesday, the 28th to visit our niece and nephews. On Wednesday, we drove around some surrounding towns and then headed down to Brooklyn. We were completely surprised at the lack of plowing 3 days after the snowstorm. Corbin's street (and several surrounding ones) hadn't been touched. We luckily found a street parking spot...right in front of the projects. We had fun seeing friends & family for dinner & drinks in Brooklyn.
By Thursday morning we were pretty exhausted from all the traveling so we decided to just head back to my parents'. We got there in late afternoon and spent a quiet evening playing Office Clue with Joy & Adam (VERY fun version of Clue--I highly recommend). New Year's Eve was spent at my parents' doing the now traditional Chinese take-out and steamed shrimp. We did make it past midnight this year and we did make up to Grandma & Pap's the next day for pork & sauerkrout. My flight left BWI on Saturday night and went back alone, as I had school on Monday and Keeper spent the week back in Connecticut visiting with doctors. He also got to go to the Jets-Bills game with his dad, which was really fun for him.
Although the weather was much milder this year compared to last year, I was still glad to back to Phoenix. Winter is the best here!
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