Spring is here! .... oh crap, it's only January

What a great week for running! It was around 30 degrees and even warmer sometimes all week long. After last week's single digit temps, 30 seems awfully warm! Unfortunately it is still the dead of winter and this week will be more single digits. Even 5 or 10 degrees is quite manageable while running but a strong wind can make things quite unpleasant. Oh well, each day that goes by is one day closer to spring and warmer weather. Here is the past week in review:

January 24-30
Monday: 7 mile fartlek, lifted, felt good on the run
Tuesday: 5 miles easy
Wednesday: Dakota Dome; 8x500 with 2 minute rest, 4x200 with equal rest, warm-up and cool-down to equal 5 miles; this workout hurt!
Thursday: 5 miles easy, accels, lifted
Friday: 3 miles easy, accels
Saturday: BV Invite in Storm Lake, IA. Mile: 5:07, 11 seconds faster than last week @ Wayne State, 3k 10:44. Happy with mile, but legs were dead and tired during 3k. Warm-ups and cool-downs equaled 6 miles for the day
Sunday: Rest; woke up with a headache... glad I wasn't planning on running today anyways

Total Miles: 31


I have also spent some time thinking about different marathons that I would like to run eventually. Yes, that is how modest I am, I already have a list made up of marathons to run before running even one. Here are some of the ones I would really like to run in no particular order:

Brookings: small regional marathon
Disney: it would be fun to run through the parks, and also to spend some time with my aunt and uncle in Florida during January!
New York: biggest marathon in the world; would be fun to run through all 5 New York boroughs
Boston: longest-running marathon all time, also a more "elite" field due to qualifying standards
Chicago: Another big US marathon in terms of crowds and field-size
Twin Cities: supposedly the "most beautiful" urban marathon in America
Grandma's: run in Duluth, MN in June; largest US summer-time marathon
Marine Corps: Washington DC marathon, would be a lot of fun to run by all of the DC landmarks, plus a good chance to visit another Aunt and Uncle :)