Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....

We have a lot of snow. I am thinking that maybe this is the worst winter I have had in Boston, or it may be comparable to my first winter in Boston. The snow is not melting and the temperatures have been bitterly cold. Today it "feels like" 15 degrees... yesterday it "felt like" 4 degrees. I broke down and decided to wear long fleece long underwear under my khakis today because my legs almost froze off yesterday in my corduroys.

I ran Crossroads last night. I definitely started the run too fast. I am slowly learning the HUGE benefits of starting out slow, warming up into a run, and then really pushing the pace towards the end. My run last night was kind of the opposite - start really fast, keep pushing, and struggle to maintain the ending pace for the last four miles... Anyhow, sometimes it is good to do that just to remind myself of how much better it feels to finish strong.

My right leg is still bothering me a bit - my shin and hamstring - so I am taking the day off of running today. I swam this morning with the Masters swim group at BU. It was a good 2650 meter workout.

Tonight I am heading down to New Hay Hay with my roommates Kiirsten and Betsy to visit our old roommate, Mo, for the night! It should be fun! We are all doing the Hyannis Marathon Relay together so we may venture out on a short run tomorrow in Mo's neighborhood if we are feeling particularly motivated. Then on Sunday I will have my second group Dana Farber run out on the hills in Wellesley. The temperatures are supposed to get up to 50 on Sunday!!! (which is hard to imagine with the temperatures today...)