The beginning of week 4 brought the first actual cold day of the year and the winter. Walking to work wasn't too bad as it was sunny but both my hip and ankle felt weird, which was surprising because I haven't felt any injuries on my runs and Sunday was a day off. It didn't seem to be too bad though, so hopefully it isn't a sign of a future injury.
Everyone was finally back at work but it was still super quiet. Everyone seemed tired/still on vacation and so it was a lazy day in the lab. Steve joined us for lunch and Brian's paper was accepted to Molecular Cell, which is awesome. A good way to start the new year it seems. I finally gave the lab the Christmas/Holiday gift we purchased back in December, and we all hung out for an hour and shot the shit except Mike who wasn't anywhere to be seen until the end. Izabela was amazing as always and made us have a few good laughs.
After the coffee break, I finished up my work and started the walk home in the cold. I feel like I became soft since we moved to Boston, as it wasn't very cold as all just like -2/-3 degreesC but it was wicked windy with gusts in the range of 50 kph. Needless to say that after my 30 minute walk home, I really wasn't feeling that getting out for my run but as I was leaving work Liz harassed me if I was going to run tonight, Andrew thought I was insane and I promised them both that I'd be logging the miles in the cold tonight.
So I got home and prepared dinner and put it in the over and got ready for my run. I definitely overdressed for my run with a base layer, a mid layer and an outer layer on top and tights and thermal tights on top. Even more, I had my hat, neckwarmer and running gloves, which had almost every inch of me covered in Luon (Yes I love Lululemon - feel free to make fun - if you don't have ). Shirley came home just as I was getting ready to leave but I still managed to convince myself out the door.
The cold actually wasn't too bad but the wind was incredibly strong making it difficult to run in multiple directions. Apparently, most of the running community in the area decided they didn't need to get out for a run tonight, as only 3 other people were out there for my 5 mile/8 kilometer route. Luckily, it was a shorter run tonight and within no time I was home to have dinner.
Izabela asked me today how this blog helps me stay motivated to run or how she can help me stay motivated. Basically knowing that people are possibly reading it makes me feel pressure that people are looking to see if I am keeping up the runs.
So for reference - my running schedule features runs on Monday/Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday and elliptical workouts on 2 of the other 3 days. Keep the pressure on guys because this will be my last competitive marathon ever and the goal is to break 3 hours.
Thanks for reading and happy Monday!
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