December 2015

Well, that's it! The year is almost over and this morning I did my final run. I'm really proud of the fact that I managed to run more this year than in 2012, when Noortje was born.

I'm still coughing so I did a very short run again, for the 3rd time in a row. Hopefully better next year ;)

This was a short run... I've been having a low-grade fever for a few days, started the day before Christmas Eve.

It's vacation and I ran during the day today for the first time in a long time. It's very nice -- no need to bring a flashlight and much warmer.

During this run I surpassed my mileage in 2012, the year Nora was born.

I woke up pretty early and by 6.00 am I was wide awake so I left a few minutes earlier for my run. It's interesting, you see different people or when you see the regulars you see them on a different place on the trail. Nice run.

When I left home at 6.20 am I saw red-green lights running. The YMCA gym has people do a short run outside and many of the participants were wearing colored lights. Pretty slow run but a good start of the week.

I had only 1,5 beer and was home at 7.30 pm so running was no problem this morning.

Leo woke up at 5.30 am and I awoke from a deep dream. His nosed was stuffed so I cleaned it and then Sasha fed him. He fell asleep but we were both awake.

The run was a little slower than usual, I felt my legs tired. Probably the cold ("cold number 5") that is bothering me.

The fifth cold after Nora started pre-K is now mostly behind us. This was a particular nasty one, and I still don't feel 100% but it's the aftermath, no longer the main event.

It was good to be on the road again.

With this run I surpassed the 358 miles mark for this year. That was the lowest I've ever run (2010, in New Jersey) since I started seriously tracking my mileage. A nice milestone, given the born of Leo and Adrian this year. Another 19 miles to go to meet the next target: surpassing the mileage in the year Nora was born. We'll see.