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Arnold running

Arnold running

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And seemingly like *that*, November and Thanksgiving’s behind us, we’re in the throes of December, and it’s CIM race week (not that I’m running it this year or anything, but it’s still exciting)! This time of year passes by so, so quickly.

TBT! steps (literally, like one left turn) away from finishing CIM ’18. (PC: Elise)

My in-laws came out to spend time with us over the Thanksgiving break, and we trekked up to Arnold over for a nice little getaway.

Arnold, you are pretty in snow!

The kids got to experience snow for the first time, made snowmen outside, and generally had an awesome time. California is great in that way; depending on your direction of travel, you could be in snowy mountains or at a sunny beach. Can’t go wrong.  

hello from Arnold! (donating 14″ of hair the week before FTW)

Bad storms on both sides of our trip made us shorten our reservation, making us go up on Thanksgiving, have our Thanksgiving meal on Friday, and come home on Saturday morning. Aside from playing at the airBnB where we stayed, I got to run on Friday in the neighborhood (with several inches of snow on the ground), and let me tell you, run-playing in the snow for the first time in six years (and at 4,000’) was wonderful. It wasn’t super cold that day (maybe mid to high 20s, by far the coldest I’ve run in since moving here), but it was beautiful.

got to chase after the plow truck for part of the run, a fun activity I hadn’t thought about since leaving the midwest

A small dose of inspiration

A small dose of inspiration

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Today’s “Kick in the Butt” from RunnersWorld.com really resonated with me, probably because of my recent posts where I’ve written about taking your slow days, slow, your fast days, fast, and everything else in between, in between:

Running should be a lifelong activity. Approach it patiently and intelligently, and it will reward you for a long, long time. — Michael Sargeant

I know I’m a little behind on blogging this week (since I took a sick day on Monday), but last weekend’s 17 miler went relatively well.  I still need to master the food thing — what I should eat before my long runs — but I’ll figure that out soon enough.  We’re slated for 20 Barrington miles this weekend plus 7 Yassos tonight.  Let’s keep our fingers crossed that the weather cooperates, because it sounds like things could be messy tonight.