12/17/10

Ohio Trip

Hello blogger friends!  Long time, no see.  I've been so busy!  In the last few weeks my hubby and I moved in with my dad, took a trip to Ohio, worked, got sick, and then worked some more.  I promise I'll be a better blogger as soon as things settle down!

A last week, I flew up to Ohio to visit with my wonderful family for the holidays.  We had lots of fun packed into the 5 days I was there.  The first morning I woke up to a lovely downfall of snow.



We had a ladies night out to a dinner play/musical, White Christmas. It was a blast!


We went to a flower mill where they decorate with 3.5 million lights each year. It was beautiful and freezing!


The night before I left we had a birthday party for my sister, Micaela and a Christmas party. We baked and ate lots of yummy food.  I can't believe she's 17!


It's been so hard being so far away from the ones I love but it's so great when we get to see each other. 

I'm now less than a month away from the Disney Marathon so I stuck to my schedule while I was visiting.  I left temperatures in southern Alabama in the 50-60s to Ohio's 10-20s!  I ran 3 times during my 5 day visit and I'm pretty sure the last one destroyed me.  It was 12 degrees with a wind chill of 6!  Seriously?  I was sick for over a week after that.  I'm not saying the cold made me sick, but I think my body was fighting something before I went and the freezing air in my lungs made it worse.  I had to get a steroid shot and antibiotics.  I went 6 days with no running.  I thought I was going to die!  I finally feel better, thank goodness!

This week, I've played catch-up.  I did a sort of long run on Monday, but only ran 12.  I think I'm taking a day off tomorrow because I'm a little sore from my YASSO 8x800 and my fast 6 miler today.  Sunday is 22 miles and I'm so excited!

I have HUGE news to share with you next time we chat.  ;)

Leah B.

4 comments:

  1. Good for you for sticking to your schedule! 3 out of 5 days in those temps...well done! Don't worry too much about catch up. Just relax and carry on training. Enjoy the weekend!

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  2. Way to stick with the program!!! Great pics!

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  3. Looks like you had a great trip to Ohio! We are headed to KY this week for Christmas with my family and I'm hoping for a white Christmas too! Great job with your marathon training in the cold weather, way to stick with it, sorry you got sick!

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  4. Those are some pretty impressive Christmas lights!

    And Wow! You must be sleeping as I type this, and if not you better get to bed! Looks like you will be doing that marathon in just a few hours from now. Good luck!!

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