Apologies for my hiatus...

Joy here...My last post was December 6, and our moving day into our new house was December 10...it's now December 29.  As you can well imagine, with the stress, strain, and general insanity that comes with moving into one's first home coupled with the stress, strain, and general insanity of the holiday season somehow both my running and blog posting have fallen somewhat off the wagon.  Like Nomi fearing that she's turning into a round, Yorkshire pudding, I too fear that my midsection is growing in direct proportion to the amount that I've been eating and drinking, that is to say, A LOT!

Our fridge on our first night in our new house!!

But I'm determined to remedy all this Romanesque indulgence.  I've signed up for a 30km running race on March 27; that's just under 3 months away!!!  I've got to double my current endurance somehow between now and then so that I can have an enjoyable run.  And then I can feel good as I get ready to run the Singapore Sundown Half Marathon at the end of May with Nomi, Lulu, and the Man.  It's a tall order, and if I were the type of person to have new year's resolutions, then getting my running back on track would top the list.

In the meantime, I'll settle for just updating this blog with back entries for the few paltry runs that I was capable of doing this past month, and turning over a new leaf.  Today.

So here are my December run stats:

Cold, December run (this picture was taken at 5pm;
do you see how dark it gets so early in the day???)

December 7:  Ran for a total of 1:04:09 for a distance of 10.95km for an average pace of 5:52min/km.

December 8:  Ran for a total of 1:16:53 for a distance of 12km for an average pace of 6:22min/km.

December 16:  Ran for a total of 53:08:53 for a distance of 8.42km with an average pace of 6:19min/km.

December 17:  Ran for a total of 58:45:10 for a distance of 9.3km with an average pace of 6:19min/km.

December 19:  Ran for a total of 1:12:44 for a distance of 11.98km with an average pace of 6:04min/km.

December 24:  Ran for a total of 56 for a distance of ??? with an average pace of ???...we ran on treadmills in the hotel where we stayed for Christmas.

As you can tell from these stats, my times and distances aren't what they need to be for me to be able to handle all the winter running that I have in store over the next 3 months.  So I plan to get out there today, no matter what to do my best to get back into my running groove.

My frozen running shoes...look at the ice and snow on the laces!!

But it's terribly hard to run in all the snow.  It's kind of like running on a sandy beach...you're feet aren't stable, and it's a harder workout than running on a stable surface, but unlike a sandy beach, it's freakin' cold!!!  Snow blows in your eyes; your ears freeze; and by the end of the run, your feet are likely like little frozen ice cubes in wet and icy running shoes.

Fingers crossed that I can get out there and have a great run today...actually, maybe I should cross both my fingers and toes just to be safe!

Over and out,
Joy