Saturday: Run and Yoga

This morning I was up at 5:45 AM to meet up with my running group.  There was a bit of ice out, and I am certainly ice paranoid.  No issues on the ice front and my run was rather blah.  I ran a not too shabby three miles and then, I felt like my mile times became shameful, just because I dropped off the fast group, BUT when I looked at my Garmin, they really weren't too shabby.  I ran around 8 minutes miles, the Garmin shows that I averaged 8:18s, but that is because I did not stop my watch at the 8 mile water break.  Also, I sort of wimped out on my distance.  I really meant to go all the way out to the end of Radnor Lake as opposed to turning around and heading back at the entrance.  BUT, some other people were turning around, so I turned around as well and here I am.  I was sort of planning on running more like 17 miles and I just bailed.  This is what happens when I am training without a race.  Bleh.

In another slight frustration, my heart rate monitor has a nick in the plastic from where I have taken out the battery so many times.  Running three miles with it sliced the skin underneath is several places so I was able to take it off and run without it.  Overall, however the Gamin is running like a charm and I will probably buff the heart rate monitor down so that I don't have the significant chafing.

In other news, such a dull day.  I needlepointed my life away.  I watched Winter's Bone, which won at Sundance and is nominated for an Oscar.  It was interesting and from it, I felt like I learned at least two things:  1) a crank addiction only ever ends badly and 2) cooking crank never makes as much money as you need.  It was a rather hard movie to watch, but I always like to have a few downers under my belt so that in case I am invited to a party of film critics, I will have more to say that "Have you seen Harry Potter?".

I got in a yoga session after I finished my movie.  WHY have I been neglecting yoga?  It is so good for me every time.  There was so much stretching.  My whole body feels better.

Local Taco for dinner.