I am really wondering if this is working for me anymore. Wondering if I should keep writing or just ditch it. So I will write today and decide later.

This has been a crazy past couple of weeks. The snow. My family. Scheduling. New shoes.
On the 18th my dad passed away. Knew it was coming, but still hard to take in sometimes. The service is this weekend. Family get together on Friday night and then the service on Saturday. Lots of food. He will be missed, but glad he is no more pain, and able to be in Heaven riding his motorcycle.

Snow has been a pain in the butt. Not only snow, but it is so cold. I have been out running and walking with friends.

I did finally buy new shoes. Went to the Nike outlet and found shoes on the back wall. Which means that they were returned by someone who didn’t like them. $30 so not too bad of a waste if they don’t work. Haven’t had a chance to run in them yet, since it has been so cold. Hopefully tomorrow afternoon.

Walked 5.5 miles in the rain. Just a sprinkle.

Food is all about the comfort this week. Homemade mac and cheese for dinner tonight. Small portion. Hahahaha.

Lots of water.

I ran again today. In this weather it is “do it while you can”. I set my itouch for a 5K and took off. It told me when I had done a 1K, 2K and then half way. Then it says you have 2K left, 1K left, 400 meters, 300 meters, 200 meters, 100 meters, you are done. I love my new toy.
So, by the time I was done I had averaged sub 10 minute miles. Best ever. Paying for it now since I am sore. But I feel I need to pick up my pace if I am going to drop any weight.
Don’t know when I will get out there again. Busy schedule and rain in the forecast. Maybe Wednesday or Thursday.
Might try and find an ab workout on demand. I always feel those.

I knew that if I didn’t get out there I wouldn’t this week. So I headed out and did 2.85 miles by the notes on my itouch. I really like my new toy. Makes me want to get out there and keep adding up my mileage.

It is snowing right now, so I don’t know when I will get out again. My goal was Monday morning, but might have to wait until Tuesday. Never know what is going to happen when I get up in the morning. So frustrating.

I did it. It was fun. Met my sister in law and brother and we took Max to downtown Portland. Along with all the party people. Max smelled like alcohol so bad. Could almost get drunk off the fumes. And it was full.
Found the starting line and got in line to get our shirts. My brother had preregistered me earlier in the day which was great. They wouldn’t give me my shirt till after the race since I had just registered that day. Which is fine since I didn’t want to carry my shirt.
About 11:45 we started lining up. And at midnight we took off. My SIL and I ran the whole way together. I had my new Nike+ in my shoe and used it. It was pretty accurate and I look forward to using in again.
Final time was 32:36, or something like that.

Yesterday I returned Christmas gifts. I had gotten 3 ice cream makers so I returned 2 of them. Walking around Target thinking about what I could get I saw the Nike+ attachment for my itouch and bought it. And struggled with the purchase the whole way home. Will it work? What if I bought the wrong thing? When I got home I did some more research and realized I needed a certain pair of shoes to put the sensor in. Dang, I don’t have those. So, I played around with the thought of cutting open the tongue of my shoes and putting it in that. But, while I was doing that I noticed that my shoes are the ones that the sensor goes in. COOL!!!! And they are one of my favorite pair of running shoes. So now I know that I can wear that sensor with no problems.

Sore today, so will only play the Wii.