Okay!!! Time to Shed the Winter Coat!

Sooooo....It is waaay past time to shed the "winter coat"! Back in the chubby days I used to think nothing much of putting on a couple of winter pounds. I often referred to it as my "winter coat" and that I would shed it in the summer. I guess if I lived outdoors in an igloo, it would benefit as extra insulation. However, I live in a small, but nice home in Indiana and we paid to have insulation put in a couple of years ago. So no excuses! Darn!

Sportin' the Winter Coat + a few

I don't have many upcoming races on the schedule yet, but I am looking and will start training for the Indy Mini this week. I would really like to shatter my time from last year so I am planning to focus and train hard this go round. Last time it was a goal of finishing and let's see what I can do.  

Next month I will have been running for two years!!! woohoo!! Last summer was kinda casual competitively speaking, and I finished first in a couple of races for my age group.....soooooo this got me thinkin' "What if I really tried and trained with some real focus??" Then what? Well, that's the goal for this year! Focus! and Train hard! What do I want to achieve, and how do I get there? There will be challenges and obstacles along the way, but those come with anything worth doing.

So, priority number 1: Don't fall back into old mindsets like "It's okay to put on a winter coat" - no time for that! If only I lived someplace warm!!!!!

A couple of pics of my run today! A word to the less wise than I-take pics before a run, not at the end...if you stop at the end your body gets cold really fast, and could lead to a very cold half-mile run the rest of the way home.

More fun! Just less insulation! :)

Part of my route today!   

~later