OK I am officially a dumba$$. NOTE TO SELF…NEVER (unless illness injury or death) take a full 10 days off from running!
Why? Well it SUCKS when you start again. It’s been hard to get motivated, harder to breathe and just frankly a pain in the booty! Admittedly I must bow to those of you that run in the “REAL” winter conditions. Snow, Ice, below freezing temps. I went to CT for a week + just before Christmas to just before New Years Eve. I wanted to run, especially the first few days. Really I did. You know that itch, that restless feeling you have when you want to just want to get out and move? But it was cold (insert sissy face here) and it was going to snow, and did I mention it was cold? Now I did get caught by the hubby doing some self-taught kick-boxing moves one morning…..it was amusing, for him 
but other than that and a few sit ups…nothing, nada, zilch.
The problem is this (at least for me)….it’s extremely easy to talk yourself out of running when its cold and your on vacation. WAY to easy. Add on the gluttony I mean festivities of the Holidays, plus my love for (and lack of) polish food in Virginia and you have a recipe for fitness disaster. Pierogies, pierogies, and some more pierogies…cookies, cookies, cookies. Add on our favorite mexican and italian restaurants back home and BAM! I have decided NOT to weigh myself for the next two weeks. Almost one week down, one to go. I didn’t eat myself into this mess in a day and I can’t work it off in a day…or a week 
apparently. Sigh.
So to get myself back on track for Disney Princess Half I am back on the wagon, or at least dragging myself thru the mud while hanging off the wagon and pulling myself up. Since January 1st I have gotten in 2 runs and 3 Jillian Micheals workouts. Gotta tell you the runs have not been easy. So I have had to adjust. Slower and some walk/run intervals but that’s ok. Like we say around here…no matter what the speed it’s still the same number of miles covered by runner 1 or runner 1001. So I will keep on keepin’ on.
I have also decided to track my mileage for 2013, which I have never done before. Should be interesting. I have no set number of miles in mind as a goal. I want to love the run…not the goal. There is a Mom’s Run This Town Challenge for getting in 500 to 100 miles, and since I love MRTT I joined, can I make it? Honestly I have no idea but we shall see 
Hoping you guys did better than I did over the holidays!
I know what you mean, I think its the fear of starting again that keeps me going, if that makes sense?
totally makes sense!
Glad to see you are back on the pavement! It does suck to come back after a break but at least you came back to it!
true so true… thanks
Oh man, I cannot wait to get started again (recovering a fractured foot). I’m a little afraid of what it’s going to be like! That’s great that you’re back at it!
I need to add injuries to that list of exceptions. Take care and get well soon
I’m really just a newbie, having started running this past summer, and have been slacking in my runs. I never knew how much I would HATE cold weather running! So I’ve been doing Jillian’s DVDs to keep moving. I need to get back into it in time for your virtual race in Feb! Just keep going
Awesome, I love Jillian
. Nothing replaces running perfectly….so make sure you get it in 
Good luck in 2013
hang in there!!!! i know it hurts falling off the horse, but getting back on is so worth it! each day it’ll be easier and easier until you’re right back where you need to be!!
Thanks Jenna~
I know what it is like after a week of no running. I cant imagine 10 days
But now you are back at it and two runs in the new year already sounds good to me!!
Good luck tracking your mileage too. I find I really like looking back over my calendar. Like today, I was having trouble getting out the door but happen to look at my calendar to see what I ran on this day last year. I all of a sudden I was like “oh yeah, that sounds good” and went out and ran it!
Thanks . Good luck with your milage this year!
It’s always difficult to get back into a training or running regime after the festive season. I’m a personal trainer, and coincidentally I find that the busiest time for getting new clients begins in the second week of January and tails off about three weeks later. Either people are very keen to get fit again after the “sacrifices” of the holiday, or they’ve come to realize that they just can’t do this without the help of a personal trainer or exercise professional. Some years my inquiries literally treble from the previous month.