The Winter's Cold*

So... where have I been? Oh, around with a fairly consistent routine in my running life. I ran a half that I just missed a PR and a 5K where I won for the women (gift card, cha-ching!). In all honesty, it was a fairly disappointing summer and early fall. I think 2018 with its multiple PRs set me up for thinking that anytime I hit a race if I wanted to PR I would. Turns out that's not true. Go figure. But I've plodded along and still had a good season of running. To end the year I have a last minute half and my Turkey Trot. Not sure what the goal of the half is but my Trot I hope to place. I haven't done a ton of speed work but I have moved my Tuesdays to be a speed workout which seems to be going okay so far (two weeks in). I that that is the easiest way to reach my speed workout for the week since, doing OT and a speed workout on top of Tuesdays (which tend to be faster than I like) is a bit much for my body. Which brings me to why this post is happening now. I've decided that I'm going to try and have winter be the winter of ME. Not to say it isn't always that way, but what I really mean is to focus on not just running but the PT, stretching, strength, sleep and mental health to enter into 2020 fully ready and focused. I think that I do a good job of ME TIME, but I could use it better and more positively. I want to try and enter into marathon training with all my focus and be eager to train hard. I've already started PT and want to try and keep up the tasks that they give me. I want to feel good when I run not just because of the accomplishment but because it feels good and doesn't carry sore consequences unless I want it to. If I can start to make good habits now, I hope that they will just be a part of what I do when I start to run more. I always have to remember that they will be lax days and there should be but if I have a nice focus about these things they won't see like a chore and just part of my routine. *But the snow still settles light on the trees