Mini Vacation

It seems to have calmed down a bit from the Christmas holiday. phew...
Back to work for most on this Monday; not for me, I am in the midst of a mini vacation. Yahoo!! I had to work on Christmas , so I was granted a few days off afterwards - up through the new year.

I mugged a few running gifts from Santa this year. Let's see.. Hydration pack water reservoir for my long run days(not sure if I want to lug extra lbs on my back running?), Nike winter running gloves, Apple Ipod Touch, Armband for Ipod, Nike +sensor, and some of those cool running socks. 

The cool thing about the new Ipod Touch is that it has the Nike + built into it. All I have to do is attatch my Nike sensor to my shoe and voila it records my running and workouts. I purchased a shoe pouch for the sensor off of the internet since I don't have Nike + shoes. Now you guys will have to be bored with more running data from me. hahaha!! 

I hit my 700 miles for the year on Sunday. I am pumped! This was my first year running since the mid 90's. I would've never thought back in January that I would be posting that kind of mileage. WOOT!WOOT! Still slow though..haha

Last weeks runs:

Mon 4.5 miles

Tue  3.1 miles

Fri    3.1 miles

Sat   6.0 miles

Sun  9.8 miles

I recorded some good mileage this weekend. Mother Nature was good to me and I decided to run outside. Nice change...

I managed to sneak away from the kids on Saturday.(They are out of school for 2 weeks!ahhhhhh!! kidding....) I traveled to the mountains and visited Ober Gatlinburg Ski Center. Because of the 70 degree weather the snow was slush.

 I really wanted to go skiing, but didn't bring ski gear. Maybe in Jan? I went ice skating instead. It was so much fun! I haven't been since I was 12. I use to be able to skate well, but not anymore. It was scary watching me - felt like I was learning to walk again. LOL!

BTW, Thanks Shosh for the ski/iceskate idea.

Gonna take the boys to a movie tomorrow. Any ideas?

Peace.

:)