hey, this sh@# really works!

i was hoping to get some good running in this past weekend. hoping is the operative word here... well, saturday was a wipeout. bitterly cold, 25mph winds, and snowing like crazy. sunday, though, was actually not too bad. it was only about 15 degrees, but there wasn't any wind. i was out most of the day with my kids at soccer training, where we will go every sunday until march. it was evening by the time i got home. i called darrin, fully anticipating that i would have to force him to get out run in such cold. but as it turned out, he had already run! he wanted to run while the sun was still out so it would be warmer. grr. well, i ended up eating dinner and helping my son study for his social studies test that he has today, and the next thing i know, it's 11:00, i'm sitting in bed, and everyone else in the house is asleep. i was intent, but not necessarily satisfied, with the fact that yet another weekend had expired with no running gains. then it hit me. i remembered.... the blog. i would have to actually write that i had the entire weekend, with one day of decent weather and i still didn't drag my fat lazy ass out there for a measly 30 minutes of exercise. that put me over the top. i rolled out of bed, threw on a pair of sweats and a sweatshirt, and put in nine laps around my neighborhood. nine relatively enjoyable laps, actually. just so you know, nine laps in my neighborhood equates to a touch over three miles. i did a tenth lap as a cooldown. it was cold, but once i got warmed up, i felt fine. i didn't bring my watch, so i have no idea how long it took me. i felt strong the whole time. i actually got into a groove for a while, something i haven't been able to do so far. hail the blog! hail the blog!