After being in Miami, Fl last week, for www.RunSignUp.com …I now realize just how much I hate this time of year. When fall first sets in, so many people get the zeal of the XC season. The leaves look so beautiful and best of all doughnuts and cider…but then there is this time of the year…it gets dark early, most of the days will be filled with overcast and the world (Michigan) just looks grey…maybe I would like this time of the year more if I hunted hehe. But I know as soon as those first few inches of snow fall and we put the tree up, I’ll know why I call this home.

Nothing like a long run down trails of fresh snowfall with a cold, crisp, clean air filling your lungs…and possibly blindsiding one of your teammates with a snowball to the head.

As beautiful as Miami is, I just can’t have Christmas spirit without cold and snow…plus Santa’s sleigh probably doesn’t go to well in sand.

And just so I can keep this post in the training log…6 mile tempo @ 5:25 pace 🙂