Maureen and I hit the snow-covered trails on Saturday for our “long” run. I only had 5 on the schedule and she had 6 miles on hers, so we compromised and ran 5.75.

Highlights of the run:

• Beautiful scenery. We ran on the conservation land bewteen Millennium Park and the cemetery, then backtracked and headed into the Newton conservation lands.
• Great weather. Cold, maybe 32F, but sunny and once we got out of the park, which was unbelievably windy, it was relatively calm.
• Great company. I love running with Maureen because she doesn’t care about time, only distance. That is sometimes just what I need so that I don’t feel frustrated and give up on myself.

I like having a schedule and started my official training for R2R.  Since the Jan 1, I’ve logged some exercise every day and I’m proud of that. I think today will be more time on the trainer, given that I won’t have time to run this afternoon. Tomorrow is yoga/core day, although I may run at lunch. Also, I have minimal pain/discomfort with my PF right now.

The year is starting off great.