You never slow down, you never grow old

I have sucked at keeping up with this blog so I figured January 1st was a perfect time to forget all that I've missed and start over fresh and new! 

Went on my 2nd annual new years day hike with Amanda (last year we hiked Mt. Greylock) with about a 5 mile snowshoe adventure in the Willard Brook State Forest.  It was freezing but we had a blast...and some sore butt muscles!

http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/trails/print/WillardBrook.pdf

5 treadmill miles...ick!

Ordered another pair of Altra Intuitions online today because my size was the only ones left so they were super cheap!  Woohoo!!  Let the running begin...again!!!

rest day from running but back to post holiday volleyball!!!  

Co-ed 6s (4 x 28 minute games)

my 5 mile loop turned out to be only 4.5 miles but I decided it would do for today. 

8:21 avg pace

Didn't think I was going to be able to get this run in today but I am so glad I did.  7 miles up to the Minuteman but I had a good fall on a wet bridge at the 6 mile mark and both knees and my hands are all bruised and scraped up and boy did it hurt!  Walked it off for about a quarter mile then finished out the 7 miles running

8:24 avg pace

Women's B- volleyball tournament today with team BUSTED. Amanda, Mary, Jill, Kara, Amy, and I kicked some butt today...we took 2nd!  Were were only rated +1 but we went 6-2 in our pool and came out in 1st place then pulled out a big win in semi-finals (in 3 games) but then ended up losing a hard fought battle in the finals to a team that was rated +4!  Overall great day of playing ball with a great team but man am I sore!

much needed rest day for my poor little body!

8:29 avg pace... slow 5 miler through Arlington before volleyball

Overall good night at vb (co-ed 4's)... had some huge swings, pretty psyched about it!

co-ed 4s vb 8-0! 

4 x 25 min games

2nd place in the RCOB- at Umass Lowell

8-0 in pool play

My body told me take a rest day... I actually listened!

Ran to work today (4.5 miles) with my backpack full of food and clothes.... which basically ripped my neck apart where the straps rubbed....OUCH!  8:25 pace, not bad considering the added weight and awkwardness of a backpack..  

Ran the 1.5 miles home from the train because I knew my shoulders couldn't do the whole 4.5 with the backpack

co-ed 4's on womens net 4 28 minute games.... we played well!

coed 4s volleyball... 8-0 tonight!!

coed 6's volleyball....but we only had 5 people...wooo am I pooped from playing all that defense!

Finding it hard to get in the runs I need to do with all this volleyball, but I'm taking the weekend off from playing so I plan to do some serious make up on the running front and hopefully work out a plan so I can at least get in a few miles on vb days

8 miles in 1:04:32... 8:04 average pace, I'll take it!

6 of the 8 miles were under 8:00 but miles 2 and 3 are always my hardest....they were like 8:20s...

played 3 25 minutes games of coed 4s volleyball then did something nasty to my neck and had to leave early =(

ehhhh my neck is still killing me!  heat packs on it all day!

4.1 miles right around 8 pace then 6 25 minute coed 4's volleyball games... 

needed a day off!

coed 6s volleyball