Running less, shopping more

While L spins like crazy getting fit, I have reduced my mileage about 20% these past two weeks, giving my arthritic knees a break. That allowed me to do some Christmas shopping. Laurel received a "Care package" of some old and new cold weather running clothes, a not so subtle hint to do some running this winter in DC. I'm told she was puzzling over the Ipod holes in the high tech Nike jacket I sent...

Although I worked up until Christmas eve, I now have off until Jan 5th, which makes it much easier to get my runs in. The weather has been nuts--some days hot and near 80, some cold and dreary. Very confusing to my cardiovascular system. I've signed L and I up for the Resolution Run next weekend. Although it is supposedly a certified race with chip timing, which qualifies it as a "real race," its label as a "fun run" tells me that other niceties such as reporting and verifying the results per USAT&F standards cannot be expected.

Good friends of mine in NC, Ron and Kathy, emailed that they did the Napa to Sonoma Half two years ago--I'm eager to hear what they have to say about the race and things to do in that area. I'll see them at a Radiology meeting in Hawaii in March. Now for a long morning run.....