Training update

Sitting before you on the blogging pulpit, my Penitent begins by saying “Bless me Father for I have sinned, it has been 4 weeks since my last run."

Unlike many of my running colleagues, I have a very difficult time running in the cold. My asthma does not help. I find it painful and most miserable, actually. Every year I ensure I have all winter-ready running apparel in hopes that of realizing that I have no excuse to stay indoors; yet, I feel that blustery wind and my motivation takes a nosedive. The cold is not the real deterrent: it's that bone-chilling wind. I confessed to a friend that I had not been running, despite still aiming to participate in the Around the Bay 30K race next month. Here was his response:

"Have you run the ATB before? It's certainly a challenging run with the last 10km being very hilling. This will be my fourth ATB race. I really like this run. If you're not running outside I would be running on the treadmill for sure!!! I know it is boring, I don't really like it either but I run at least 5 miles a day during the week on the treadmill and then depending on the weather I will run between 10 and 21km on Saturday and Sunday. I don't run any longer than an hour on the treadmill at any one time. I took a week off after Hawaii and have been running at least 5 days a week since. I also do a core and weight program as well. The spinning class will help but there is nothing like running!!!"

With this knowledge and guilt in tow, I arranged for my nutritionist to help me get back on track, I renewed my gym membership for another year, and I plan on running today (however, it may involve a treadmill).