It's benign!

Yay! My friends just found out their son's brain tumor is benign. And completely gone. And unlikely to come back. Thank God. He will have a long recovery ahead, but that was the best news they could have gotten.

On lesser important news, the weather here still sucks. Tuesday I could only eek out 3 miles on the treadmill. I just couldn't take it. Wednesday I ran outside, which was nice, but there was no way I was going to get my tempo run in on the icy, snowy roads. So yesterday I did 10 on the treadmill with 3.75 at 15K pace (7:33ish). It honestly just about killed me. I am going to unequivocally state that 7:33ish is NOT my current 15K pace. Today I did 5 recovery on the treadmill, which also just about killed me. I can do progressive runs, tempo runs, speed work, striders, etc. on the treadmill. Mixing up the paces really makes the time go by. But to slowly slog out a steady run is just awful. I kept wanting to pick up the pace thinking, even 8 seconds faster is 8 less seconds on this thing. So I honestly had to tell myself to quit being an effing wimp and just do it. So I did. I am REALLY hoping I can get my 14 in tomorrow outside. We will see.

Christmas was awesome. My kids are at the PERFECT age. I enjoyed down time with family playing games, playing online, etc. I have to admit my quads are SORE today though from the snowboarding video game I was playing with my son yesterday. Crazy. Heh. He may have better balance than me, but I did kick his butt. ;)

Tomorrow the Florida State Seminoles (my alma mater) play the Wisconsin Badgers (the alma mater to 99% of the people around me). Should be fun.

Then Sunday I am getting up early to head to Lambeau Field to watch the Pack play the Lions. I am so excited. It is my first game there - the only other time I've been there is to run through it for my first marathon! The tickets were a gift from me to my husband, my sister and my brother in law. We are getting up super early to tailgate in the snow and frigid temps. Rockin. :)