9.5 Miles - Sunday December 17

According to my training schedule I was supposed to run 12 miles. But I decided to run a little shorter of a run and incorporate more hills to simulate the first half of Austin. This was not a great run. I had gone to a Christmas party the night before and didn't eat a carbolicious meal, stayed up late, got to the lake late, and it was warm and windy. I felt like I was running next to the ocean at times! The wind was so strong that it blew my earbud out several times. I was a little dissapointed in the run but I'm looking forward to the challenge of 18 this coming weekend. It is supposed to get cooler this week and I can tell that I run so much better in the cold than in the heat. I'm crossing my fingers that Austin will be cold! So the plan for this week is to get in several good weekly runs of 5-6 miles, get in a good bike workout to help strengthen my knees, and carb up and get a good night's sleep on Friday night.