Streak Recap

Well, the streak is over. And I hope my December running miles and hours total up to a whole lot, because I haven't run in a week now.

I'd post total stats, but *someone* threw away the calendar where I was tracking miles and minutes. WTF? The people around here... Suffice it to say that I ran every day between November 30 and December 25, which I think totals 26 days. I did at least a mile every day. My longest run was 4+ miles.

The girls were really into my effort and took turns crossing off the days and writing the times on the calendar grid I printed. It's interesting the days that I found time for a run when I never would have thought time existed. But it's definitely true that a few things conspired to make my effort a successful one:

• Working from home (I was able to jump on the treadmill during work hours more than once)
• Having a treadmill upstairs
• Having older kids that I could stick in front of a Power Rangers episode (or two)

Now I am majorly bummed and growing crabbier by the day because I'm sidelined and have no idea when I'll be able to run again. I wiped out while skiing last Saturday (it was a bad fall, but I was able to ski a whole bunch afterward, so I figured all was well) and really hurt my knee. Since I'm guessing it's not a good idea to attempt a run before I can actually bend my knee, I am kicking off 2012 with a new kind of (less fun) streak: the not running kind. Boo.