Here's a quick update on my running: On Saturday I clocked in another long run at 9 miles. It went much better than last weekend; I felt good and my knees didn't feel like they were going to give out on me. Our course was pretty simple--Deb and I ran through Wellesley and back up and down the Comm Ave Heartbreak Hills. Still chuggin' along...

Let's take a minute to talk about the weather. Today was the first snowfall, which is exciting if you like that sort of thing. But for me, it marks the beginning of the worst months in the entire year. I hate cleaning my car off in the morning. I hate shoveling my driveway just have a stupid plow push a foot of snow right on top of what I just cleared. And I really hate when every school is cancelled except for the one I work at. So seeing the snow today was not on top of my list for what made my weekend fun. I don't mean to sound like a downer, because really I'm not. I do love Christmas lights, the smell of freshly cut trees, peppermint mochas, and buying gifts. Oh wait, I have a vague memory of myself last winter making snow angels on the front lawn. Maybe winter isn't all that bad.

It's too early to be stuck, but I am...

Yesterday we had a runner's meeting for the DFMC team. Although it was certainly helpful to hear the speakers talk about fundraising and neat to meet fellow teammates, it was also quite a wake up call to me. I am SO behind in my fundraising!! I only have $220 dollars, which is $6,280 short of my goal. I have been focusing too much on the running aspect that I have lost sight of the larger goal, which is to help raise money for cancer research. At the meeting someone called us "fundraisers with a running problem," and I think I've been a "runner with a fundraising problem." I have to refocus, regroup, and rethink...

Any ideas?