RUN the Gauntlet December Challenge (Page 4)

9 mile run this am.  the nice little "cold" front we had is long gone and the humidity was back, so that was a bit disappointing.

I can't believe xmas is only 2 weeks away.  I'm going to have to start running more miles to offset all the calories i've been  and will be taking in!

Ann-Marie

And puppies!! :-) We leave Tuesday for So Cal. What are you wearing to run in out there? I'm not sure what to pack.

Run #10 for the month done -- 10 miles on this chilly, overcast morning.

Van Paulus -- I'm not racing, just daily running. I'm thinking capris will be okay? I'll also be running at elevation in New Mexico and Arizona as we come across the southwest. So gloves, hat, jacket, etc. I'm not bringing my running light, so I won't be tempted to run in the dark in strange places.

Got my one mile session for today in this evening. I'm still a little sore from my long run yesterday. I'm hoping for 4-5 miles tomorrow. On Tuesday we leave for New Mexico, so getting my daily run in is going to be challenging from then until New Year's Day.

yeats - 2011-12-12 10:47 AM van paulus, great pic with the pups, and awesome work on that climb. Truly earns its name, the Beast. We took the Aussies out for a sweet trail run this weekend. Needless to say, we all had a blast:

Love it!

yeats - 2011-12-12 10:47 AM van paulus, great pic with the pups, and awesome work on that climb. Truly earns its name, the Beast. We took the Aussies out for a sweet trail run this weekend. Needless to say, we all had a blast:

Lovely. That looks like a lot of fun!

I was able to run 6x last week so that was a good thing...capped off with 11+ on my favorite trails on Sunday.  I took monday off and got a 8 miler done in the morning and a 4 miler at lunch yesterday.  Good thing because it is raining like a som-beech here..still no dang snow!  It is supposed to be 50 tomorrow...in MI in december..come on.

We're in Arizona tonight -- 30 minutes from the Grand Canyon. Am I excited?

And I've still been running, a little. This is why I chose sessions instead of mileage. I did 1.05 miles on a treadmill last night (yuck) and 1.50 miles running on a pueblo ruin trail this afternoon -- half of it was volcanic cinders -- a very nice running surface.

Tomorrow -- Grand Canyon. Woot!

Ice hockey???  I thought I was on the figure skating team??   Woot woot!

Haha!  I could drive a truck through that 5 hole .  Thats old time hockey right there.  Can you imagine back in the day the goalies did not wear masks..craziness.

Nice work everyone making the move into second!

I'm trying to do that plan too but keep missing my shorter runs.  It would definitely be easier if running was the only thing we were doing. 

This weather is driving me crazy!!  I can't dress for it.  Wednesday it was 2 degrees and I wore too many layers and was stripping half way in to my run.  Today was 5 degrees but felt like -4 with the wind and I couldn't get warm.  I'll be happy when it's just freaking cold all the time and you just put as many layers on that will allow you to still be able to move!!

Happy running peeps!!