Vacation Week

Monday was a day off for me and the start of school vacation for Sam. Got out around 8:45 for a run on the slushy, snowy, messy roads and in the wind before we head north for Sam’s high school state swim meet. There is a lot of snow out there. Screw shoes worked well. (6.0 miles)

The swim meet was up in Bangor, and Sam's full cheer squad was in attendance. She is one lucky kid! 😍😊 She swam the 200 free, 500 free and the 50 free in one of the relays. Unfortunately, she'd been complaining of a sore throat and was feeling off, so she didn't have a great day personally, which is always hard, but overall it was a lot of fun to watch her and her team swim solidly and place 3rd overall! What a fun season, and so proud of Sam for reaching her goals of qualifying for the 200 and 500 free at States, working hard and having fun with her friends in and out of the water. It truly has been so great to watch 💗💗

Diving in for the 200 free (farthest lane)

These two 😍

500 free

3rd overall! Way to go ladies! 🎉🏊

Unfortunately, it became clear that Sam might have been sicker than we thought, and she was down and out the next few days. Silly germs! Man, she has had rough luck this year with sickness - poor kid! 

As for me, I took Tuesday off from running and then on Wednesday, didn't manage to get out into the "feels like -6 degree temps" before I headed into the office and then had a 4:00 meeting, so, you know... which meant that Thursday morning, I was up and out as the sky was lightening for a run in the single degree temps, but at least it wasn't windy! Cold and calm. Kept having to pick the ice chunks off my eyelashes and arrived home covered in frost 😂🥶(6.0 miles)

Sam rallied enough for me to take her, Lauren, Kylee and Rohan down to the mall for the day. It wasn't exactly what was on the top of my bucket list for my day off 😉😆 but it is always fun to see the girls together and they had a great time, so it was worth it! Of course, I spent a hour working in the car, joined them for lunch, took a full walk around the mall and then spent the rest of the day sitting on one of the couch's at the far ends of the mall 😂😂

Friday was yet another Highland Green run. Windy. (7.0 miles). 

Then it was off to get some errands crossed off the list before Ryan and I walked across the street for our booster concession volunteering shift at the wrestling state meet. Boy, did the gym smell bad 😜 A super busy two hours, and good thing we walked over as there was no parking to be found! (0.48 miles over; 0.45 miles back)

Saturday was a late morning wander from home. Bright, sunny and breezy. There had been some snowmobile traffic on the Powerlines so did a short stretch to test it out, but needed more traction and for things to firm up for it to really be worth it, so back to the roads for the rest of the run. (13.1 miles)

Sunday was Val's Fat Ass up at Riverlands. Emily picked me up, which was nice as it meant we had a chance to catch up en route! It was a nice morning, warmer and calm at the start. We all made our way down to the ice to set up our aid station and then headed out as a big group for the first few miles. The conditions on the snowmobile trail was not good at all - very soft - but once we got on the river it was definitely better. And really pretty out there on the ice! Still, when Emma decided to bail to the roads as the uneven surface was bothering her knee, I was more than happy to join her 😂 We did some extra miles on a nice, quiet back road. Emma kept going as she was getting in her long run, but I headed back to the ice after one out and back to hang out. As always, so fun to see everyone! (9.0 miles)

Dead things 😆