My face is cold.

I shaved my beard Saturday night, thinking I had finally made it to spring. Then I woke up on Sunday morning to 1-2 inches of show on the ground. I was, and still, am a little confused about that one. I guess you can never let your guard down.

I'm not joking about my face being cold thought. Last night it was around 40 degrees and I went for a 60 minute run. There really is a purpose for facial hair with regard to cold weather running.

Anyway, If you noticed that I have no entry from Monday it is because I completely blew off my workout. I was supposed to do 80 minutes on my bike trainer, but was just way too busy workwise. I came home from work, ate dinner, and the evening preparing for some lawyerly business I had on Tuesday. I had an appearance in Oxford Tuesday morning, and was due to be in court in Tupelo at 1:30 for most of the afternoon.

I guess it is unrealistic to think that I can get in every workout, especially with my schedule. I know I have been doing much better since starting this blog, so I'm trying not to be too hard on myself. I just completely skipped my Monday workout and went for my Tuesday run last night. It was the first really good feeling run I've had in a while. Maybe that little unplanned rest day did me some good.

*** Last night (3/3/09) I ran 6.43 miles in 58:** minutes -- a 9:10 mile/min avg pace. I felt good and ran my last three miles faster than my first three. I almost wanted to keep going. . . . but my face was cold and I had a little buddy at the house wanting to play "chase and squeal." I guess that counts as a partial workout as well.

I really need to get back in the pool, which is supposed to open back up Monday. Having swimming cancelled has been costing me 3-4 hours of workouts a week that I haven't been able to make up for. I need to increase my volume as I am closing inside 10 weeks from my triathlon.