Lucky Number 12

12 miles - At long last we surpassed the 10 mile mark. Woohoo! It was a warm day by our normal Saturday run standards, in the 20's and it wasn't windy, which makes for a great run! Stacy (who I met for the first time today), Jonna and I decided we'd go one more lap to reach 12 miles when Coach Kevin only required 10 today. That's right party people, we opted for an extra 2 miles. I just wanted to break that 10 mile barrier that we've had for the past few Saturdays ya know? It was even better to have people to chat with the last 2 mile lap. That's another amazing thing about training for such a short amount of time, I can actually talk while running for that many miles. It could mean that I need to step up my speed or it could mean that my lungs are in great shape since they've been training in subzero, wind, rain and snow for the last 6 weeks. I'm going to go with the healthy lungs theory. I tried out Kristen's little "yaktrax" (http://www.yaktrax.com/ProductsPro.aspx ) for the last couple laps and soon forgot I had them on but had a lot more confidence running on the snow and ice covered trail we were on. It doesn't help on the ice beneath snow but for the most part definitely makes you feel more confident. And, yes, by the way, I realize how ridiculous I sound talking about running 12 miles on snow/ice covered trails from our big snow yesterday. But it was a great day for a run. Happy weekend. :-)