Those who know me well (read: in person), know that I never shut up. So what’s with all the silence online?

The month of January was crazy busy, and I wasn’t running much, so I didn’t have a lot to write about. Also, I’ve been reading and um… doing some work on myself and my relationship, which is not something I can comfortably blog about.

Running, honestly, has been so up and down this month. I mean, what the hell is with this weather we are having? There has been snow on the ground since late December, and the last storm made things extremely icy, so much so that I could barely walk the dog, let alone run outside, safely, in the dark.

That said, I have been doing a lot of ice skating. Rob and I have been going on weekend dates to open skate, and I have been taking skating lessons at the nearby rink. I’m learning a lot and feeling much more comfortable on the ice, and I can skate backwards now! I’m not graceful and I can’t corner or stop fast, but I’m getting better. And it’s fun!

So this week I had such high hopes for my running. I had planned to run on Monday, but I felt terrible. Tuesday it snowed like hell. I tried to run, made it two blocks, slipped and fell, told the snow to go to hell, then went home and had a glass of wine. But today I ran at lunch. It was slow going, but at least the sun was out. The path along the Charles wasn’t plowed so much as it was packed down, so the footing wasn’t too bad. I ran probably just shy of 3 miles, and tomorrow I will probably try to run again. Saturday I have plans to run 6 with Maureen, so I’ve got that going for me, which is nice.