Happy New Year

Every year, during the holidays, sickness spreads through my family like wildfire.  This year was no different.  Some combination of the flu, the stomach bug, and pink eye has infected each member of my family.  Needless to say, I have not gotten much exercise these past few weeks.  Add to that the large amount of overindulging in holiday treats and the celebratory drinks and I have found myself a little out of shape.  I did manage to run a 5K race on New Year's Eve with a time of 27:02.  Normally, I would not brag about that time, but considering how crowded it was and the fact that I was out the night before celebrating my birthday, I thought it was a decent time.  A decent time for a winter race anyway.  I don't run competitively until spring.  But if I want to get a new PR in the spring, I better get back to work.  Monday it is back to the gym and back to running consistenly.  There will be a lot of running in my future because my major race of 2013 is a 50 mile ultra marathon in October.  I registered for the Can Lake 50 as soon as registration opened up on the first of the year.  I know it is a huge committment and it is going to take a lot of time and hard work, but it will be amazing to finish a race of that distance.  October may seem far away now, but I know it will creep up on me.