Glass Slipper Challenge: week 9

Monday: Rest

Tuesday: 2M

Wednesday: Rest

Thursday: 2.5M

Friday: Rest

Saturday: 4M

Sunday: Rest

Getting back into it means I'm exhausted- and I hadn't done much! I literally fell asleep on the couch after the gym on Tuesday. It was hard to wake up on Friday after Thursdays workout as well. I just read in Runner's World that it takes the same amount of time you were not training to get back to the level you were before you stopped. I give myself another week (or two!) before I really start pushing. 

I've always been a fan of winter training, but I forgot about some perks. It's nice to be able to go run at any time of the day, instead of that small window before the sun comes up. Yesterday, we decided to go see Frozen again (it was such a good movie, I was willing to sit in a theater to see it twice!) We went to the first showing before B had to go to work, and I didn't get to my long run until about 1pm. And that was totally cool because the sun was out and it's a down week, so I only had 4 miles! The one down side to running midday is the city is awake and more people are on the sidewalks. But I'll take it if it means I can sleep in! I was a little sad that I missed the Jingle Jog but PIC isn't in town and I wasn't going to be a Christmas ballerina by myself. Maybe next year! 

I'm also a fan of fleece-lined apparel. This concept is new to this southern girl and I'm a little obsessed with it. Although, I might need a new pair of my winter tights, because the ones I have keep falling down and it would be nice to have a pair with pockets. I still don't understand the concept of any type of running bottoms without pockets, but that's another story. Anyway, what's your favorite winter bottoms (with pockets, preferably)?

I've also come to the conclusion that my feet are the most fickle things ever. As soon as a marathon season is over, they want nothing to do with the shoes I trained in. It happened with my Brooks PureFlows and now it's happening with the Ghost 6s (although, I was having issues with them before). So, I also took advantage of the awesome Cyber Monday deal at kindrunner.com and have decided to get the Saucony Rides per Pam's suggestion many many moons ago. I still have some miles on the Ghosts, so I'll keep them in rotation to make sure I like the Rides. And so the request for my Cinderella running shoe continues. . appropriately during Glass Slipper Challenge training. 

Have you found your perfect running shoe yet? 
What's your favorite part about winter training?