Monday: Rest
Tuesday: 4m easy 8:40/pace
Wednesday: 45min upper body + 2m cool down easy 9:30/pace
Since the weather was mild during Christmas we took a very long drive to Northwest Indiana and celebrated with each of our families. It definitely helps that most of our family live 20 miles from each other! Small world.
Our first stop was to see my nephews & brother & sister-in-law. They all love LE and got to help celebrate her 1st birthday on Christmas Eve.

Jaxon, Mason, Brant & LE
Not gonna lie, i tried her baked cookie. It was actually heavenly. Molasses & cinnamon with a sweet frosting. Yes, I taste LE’s treats. Cameron thinks i’m disgusting a weirdo, but in my defense she eats better and more natural/organic than I do.

the boys sang Happy Birthday to her!

me and Trish the dish
Christmas was exhausting but wonderful all at once. It gets overwhelming trying to be in so many places during a short amount of time, and plenty overwhelming when i’m around a ton of people. I was so drained most of the time, I only went running once on Christmas–but hey, at least the IT bands are feeling good and I got to run outside. Plus I figured it was a good time to take 4-5 days completely off from training as I like to do semi-annually.
Our 2nd Christmas was spent with Cameron’s extended family (mom’s side). We opened a ton of gifts, drank a lot of wine and enjoyed ham & sweet potatoes and amazing cupcakes from my bff runner lover Elise. Don’t worry, i forgot to take pictures of everything so you don’t have cupcake pictures to be jealous of.

Me and my Mother-in-law, Chris! and dogs..they love me! haha
Our 3rd Christmas (have you seen the movie Four Christmases, that’s us!) was spent with my favorite family, the Raycrofts. We will be heading to Colorado with these good people in May and I CAN’T WAIT.

Kathy, Me & Pat

Cameron, Me, Patrick, Josh & Maury
Another big highlight of our trip was seeing Star Wars for the 2nd time in Imax 3D. I definitely prefer 2D movies, but i’ll watch the new Star Wars anyway I can.
As soon as we got back home we started watching Episode IV…
Happy Holidays and have a great New Year!!! Next up is the annual 2015 recap & 2016 goals!
Last Week
Monday: 5 rounds– 5:00min Jacobs ladder, 10 pushups, 10 mountain climbers
Tuesday: 5m easy
Wednesday: Rest
Thursday: Rest
Friday: 5.1m easy 9:00/pace
Saturday: Rest
Sunday: Rest
Total Miles: 10.1
How many Christmases do you attend?
We always do 3-4 when we head back to Indiana. Next year we might have to do a solo holiday season or a vacation!