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Merry Christmas!

30 degrees with the windchill. 5mph wind. I felt hot when the wind wasn't blowing.

AP 10:47

Splits 10:28, 10:23, 10:18, 11:27, 10:56, 10:52, 11:06, 10:48

I got to run in my new smartwool socks and my new purple jacket. I'm pretty sure that is why I was hot. hahaha. The .71 mile trail is 3 miles from my house so I ran to it and then jogged around. The last 1/2 mile was with the dogs.

dog walk and LOTS of shopping, cleaning, out with the old and in with the new. Whew.

I could not get moving today! I have decided I'm going to run Schaumberg Marathon. I think. LOL. I just can't decide! But seriously I have till January 31 and the price goes up. I wanna make sure that I will wake up at 4:30 am to do my runs and all that junk before I pay for it.

10:45 AP today 30 something degrees. The nice thing about the purple jacket and my turquoise one is that I can wear tshirts underneath and still be warm.

10:25, 10:57, 11:27, 10:11

You may ask what happened at mile 3? Well I decided to run the bike path. And at about that time there is a 4 way stop. Well this lady had her turn signal on so I waited my turn and crossed the street. Well guess what? She changed her mind and decided to go straight toward me! Nice huh? Well after she almost killed me she raised her one hand in frustration. Um helloo! get off your phone and concentrate on what your car is signaling to other people! MORON! hahah

also I had to text some people. Greg's uncle got some cancer taken out this morning and the surgery went well :)

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my purple jacket...for Bonnie

I did my entire workout in my pjs. Muah! Including walking the dogs. Usually it is very dark when I do this. I did wake up to an alarm today! 7:15! how am I going to do 5? hahaha The beeping seems to help more than the radio alarm.

JM Cardio kickbox and then I did some Kettlebell exercises 15lbs

Sumo Squat upright row and bridge pullover- did 2 sets of 15 on these. The squat was easy. Bridge pullover was a little awkward.

then I did swings (squat with kb to the ground and raise body and kettle bell over head), and a v crunch with kettlebell rotation. I did 2 sets of 15 with the swings and 2 sets of 30 with the v crunch. I'm pretty sure I did 60 on the second set b/c I started counting only when I swang to my right  instead of with each rotation.

STOP! Collaborate and listen...ICE ICE BABY

Yup almost fell after my 4 mile run. The sidewalks iced over so I ran in the street. The dogs were only able to get a little walk in the streets but that seemed to be enough. I knew one of them would pull me down and then it would be by by April.

I did speed today. Well my version of it. I was supposed to do 1600 x2 at 9:04

What really happened was 9:20 and 9:49. SUCK.

I probably did 9.5. My Garmin died at about 9.25. Most of my miles that I looked at were at about 11:20. I tried to hurry up the last two b/c that is when Garmin started warning me that it was about to die. I also thought it was going to rain the entire time. It wasn't too bad.

My mileage is going to look all wonky this week and next. I'm gonna look like I ran too much this week and not enough next b/c I had to switch my usual long run day from Sunday to today. I'm going to a NYE party Saturday. I will be surrounded by friends but there is this one chic that I really don't care for. So two things could happen--I will get rip roaring drunk to deal with her and or to be able to say later hey I was drunk and that is why I pushed you off the ledge ( hahha) or I will leave early with the hubby.

I wanted to stay home but the girls that are my friends said they would round house kick me. They don't care for her either. So why or why was she invited? Her hubby is actually pretty awesome is friends and works with my hubby. Also she is the SIL of the other two that are there. Also I work with her. So yes she is in many of my circles. I hped b/c she is just sooo cool that she would find some where else to hang out. Sigh.

Today I get to meet up my BFF from kindergarten. She has 5 kids and I hardly get to see her! I also get to go shop with another friend for our NYE ugly Christmas sweaters. We also do a white elephant gift for NYE. Which is basically any crap you have gotten through the year that you don't want any more. It is pretty hilarious!