Christmas Presents

This afternoon while the family were out exploring Boston, Kai was napping and Greg was reading his book, I found myself on the couch in a turkey soup, Christmas cookie and chocolate induced coma. I realized that hibernation was setting in. So I reluctantly lugged myself off the couch and ventured out to try out a few of my Christmas gifts.

This is my really cool new winter running set up: winterized running shoes and Yak Tracks.

The weather outside was frightful: rain, rain, rain - washing away all of our snow. But there was plenty of ice and slush so I figured it was perfect conditions to try out my new gifts. Theses gifts were specially designed to put an end to any winter running excuses. I headed out the door and ran along the icy sidewalk until I was forced to move to the road because of way too much snow. My Yak Tracks aren't snowshoes after all.

Because they're not meant for road running, I ended up carrying my Yak Tracks in my hands for most of my run, all the while wishing I had worn the sweet running gloves that I found in my stocking. And because I carried them all the way, I decided to finish up the last mile of my run in the forest so that I could at least try them out for more than a few minutes. They were great and turned what would have been a very wet, frustrating trudge through the woods into a fast and fun run that left me wishing that the trail by our house was a few miles longer. 

Then I re-entered our den to find my cub had just woken from his nap and Dada bear was busy preparing his snack. Back to hiberating for a little while but I'll have to fit in a few more runs before I try out another one of my Christmas gifts - my high tech percent body fat scale!