We’ve had such lovely running weather (50s, often sunny too). It has encouraged me to extend my normal 5k distance. Sunday 5K+2.5k, Wed 5k+3k, Thurs 5k (yay, back under 40min) +3.5k. Didn’t have time for the usual stretch yesterday and woke up feeling a little stiff. Got the stretching done early - now errands and cleanup awaiting DS and his wife’s arrival.
I was very glad I planned to get up early for a run today. A very rare foggy morning in the desert! It was a beautiful 4.5 miles!
I did finally manage to get out there. Our hotel doesn’t have a gym - and the last hotel’s didn’t open until 7am which was too late for me and that area didn’t feel safe to run around - no sidewalks/shoulders… anyhow, I went outside. Not a fan of new places for running, but I tried to enjoy it. I do like graffiti art and pretty views of cities so that was nice. Could have done without feeling like an elephant plodding along cracking the pavement as I loped along for about 5 miles
And the lighthouse picture was from our Christmas brunch cruise with the S/GF. It was very nice!
No pictures, but I have to share my amazement at the fact that I walked on Christmas wearing a light fleece jacket … in the Midwest! I enjoyed it, even though I know that this warm weather we’re having isn’t a good thing from Earth’s POV.
I have continued to walk an hour a day. My most interesting walk was Christmas Eve, when it was eerie as could be. It was really foggy, no one was outside, and it felt otherworldly.
I would encourage anyone who has participated in this Nov/Dec thread to consider joining the Fitness, Nutrition, Health thread and keep movement going! Pics are great there and all forms and levels of activity !!
D18 and friend decided to skip the Michigan alumni and friends 5K in Santa Monica this AM. I was hoping to get a beautiful pic of the Santa Monica pier and ocean. Oh well.
So I ran a 10K on the hotel treadmill. I almost took a pic of the office building next door just for kicks. ![]()
The local Lululemon store is sponsoring a midnight 5K tonight. Hmmm.
Legs are feeling great! But I’ll need a couple shots of expresso to keep me up that late. ![]()
Grrr. The midnight 5K is sold out. And they have these lovely medals too. ![]()
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