i just can't do it

everyone has their limits.... i have mine.
20 degrees.
that is it....i have limits.
i won't run if it is below 20 degrees.
it was 12 yesterday and 18 today.
nope....no runs for me.

this is real winter... yet i am shocked that my running regime has been interrupted by snow flurries and freezing temperatures. of course, my running partner had a kick ass race on sunday and i was SO motivated to hit the pavement......argh! the lord is keeping me in check! we have often talked about how running is a sport in which your biggest competition is oneself. i was encouraging her about her race to go and do HER best and blah, blah, blah. all this and when i ran my 4 miles on saturday - by myself - i just about killed myself to pass this woman that looked older than my mother and was running faster than me!!! so much for self-competition. i am full of hot air... but not hot enough to go and run in these temperatures, that is for sure!

just over 10 weeks to race day. it will be here before i know it.

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