January and February in Review

Since I haven't come up with any missions for 2016 and I'm just "going with the flow", my month in reviews will be a little different than in the past.  The truth of the matter is I wasn't very motivated to run or workout in January or February.  It was too easy to choose sleep over the 4:45AM alarm.  It also didn't help that I was incredibly sick at the end of January and a few weeks into February.  I was hit hard with a sinus infection and I cough that wouldn't stop which made running quite difficult! 

January 2016 Stats
37 running miles
17.01 walking miles
54.01 total miles

February 2016 Stats
19.01 running miles
.63 walking miles
19.64 total miles

Current 2016 Stats
56.01 running miles
17.64 walking miles
73.65 total miles

The only reason for the high walking mileage in January was a family trip to Disney World!  We had a great time but boy were my feet sore from all of that walking!! 

My February mileage was even lower than January but I feel that I should count dancing as a workout since my cousin got married in February and I was on the dance floor with my cousins and friends the entire evening!

I am hoping the fact that my cousins want me to run the Cleveland 1/2 Marathon with them in May and the fact that Deb, Nikki, and I signed up for state #17 in May as well will be my motivation to get back on track with my running.  I also need to find the desire to incorporate other workouts (core, strength, etc) into my routine!

Keep running, you're simply the best, and you inspire me!!

Family Fun Day

Sometimes you just have to take an unscheduled rest day and enjoy time with the family. I go back to work on Tuesday so yesterday was our last chance to do a quick day trip as a family. We headed to Chagrin Falls, Ohio which is a very quaint town about an hour east of us. It has lots of fun little shops as well as the falls. We headed out and had lunch at Yours Truly and then walked down to the falls viewing area.

Once we had finished at the viewing area we headed over to the Popcorn Shoppe to grab some ice cream and popcorn to go.

Once the kids were ready we walked over to the park so they could "monkey" around. As you can see my kids love to hang on jungle gym equipment!

As we were headed back to the car, the kids and daddy stopped to feed the ducks.

Of course we finished the day with the kids wanting to pose with a wolf statue.

All in all it was a great day. I may not have done any running however I did walk a lot and got to spend major quality time with my family!!

Keep running, you're simply the best, and you inspire me!!