For those of you not familiar with the weather in Georgia, it would be fair to say that snow is a rare thing. Strong snow for a few hours where a couple of inches actually accumulates? Unheard of! We had that situation happen yesterday, so I took the opportunity to enjoy the snow by going out for a run in Piedmont Park. I decided to take my camera with me to get some photographic evidence that there really was snow that happened here.

Saturday morning I participated in the 9th annual Chattahoochee Challenge 10K. I’ve heard about this race for a while, as people talk about it as one of the best races to qualify for the Peachtree Road Race since it is nice and flat. The weather wasn’t perfect today as it was 40F with a windchill of probably close to 32F, but it didn’t rain during the race, so I consider ourselves lucky!

Last August, I announced that I had signed up for the ING Georgia Marathon, which takes place on March 21. Back then it seemed like a lofty and distant goal. But February is here now, and the race is actually next month! It’s hard to believe that one year ago, I had not run 400m in over 7 years, yet in a month, I’ll be running a marathon [something I never did in High School]

This is the first month in forever where I felt like I got a good solid training month in – and that was with missing a few days due to a cruise, and another few to illness. I can’t wait to see what February brings!