That Time I Ran Every Day

I'm not quite sure what I was thinking.  Having just come off the marathon, I swore I would take a nice long break from running.  I was pretty pumped about it too.  And then I read this article about taking a local Philly challenge to run at least one mile EVERY day in February.  And I thought, "One mile?  I can do that!"

Ughhhhh.  What was I even thinking?  I thought, if anything, ten-ish minutes of fresh air and exercise every day would do wonders for my mood and my attitude.  It really didn't.  In fact, it made me irritated and angry that after my actual weightlifting workout in the morning, I still had to figure out when I could go out and run.  Twice I ran in the rain DURING school.  Once I ran during a tornado warning.  Once I ran in between glasses of wine.  Quite a few times I ran in sub 32 degree temperatures, while the wind threatened to blow me over into the oncoming traffic in my neighborhood.

But I also ran in 50 and 60 degree temperatures.  I ran in the sunshine and in the sunset.  One day, I even ran 3.5 miles, my longest run since the marathon.  One day it flurried, and that was kind of fun.

Every day we had to post a picture on Instagram with the hashtag #RunStreakPHL.  Here I present to you, my collection of photos.  Enjoy reliving all the emotions (and weather) with me.