This morning, it was tough to get out of bed. It was tough to not get back into bed. It was tough to get out the door. But, I enjoyed the 9 mile run once I was out there.

I blame lack of sun for last night’s funk. I work in a windowless room with no ventilation so I rarely see the sun during the week, and yesterday’s snowstorm didn’t help.

Speaking of which, it was snowing still this morning. I only passed one plow though and with a little surge was able to get into somebody’s driveway before the plow got near me.

At lunch time the roads were too messy to really risk, so I spent most of my 6 miles running a 0.6 mile loop that didn’t have much in the way of traffic (I passed 5 cars.) I also stopped in at my barber’s and let her know about the challenge, so she’ll be donating.

The kids at the elementary school where I start my run only made fun of my tights and obnoxiously bright jacket on the way out; they didn’t heckle me on my way back at the end of the run.

This evening, it took me 3 times longer to get home than usual, so I had no interest in sharing the road on foot with rush hour traffic. Instead, I waited until around 8:00 to get out the door, and only passed 6 cars which is much better. There was about a half inch of snow on the road which made it relatively slick.

Once I finished the run I spent a few minutes shoveling the inch that had fallen since I got home out of the driveway (well, part of the driveway) so that there’ll be that much less to push out of the way in the morning.

Here are today’s numbers:

Miles Projected: 19 Miles (190 Miles Total)
Miles Run: 9.06 & 6 & 4.4 Miles for 19.46 miles today (198.3 Miles Total)
Duration: 1:17:29 & 48:16 & 36:48 for 2:42:34 (32:34:34 Total)
Net Weight Change: -2½ Pounds (+1 Pound Total)