She said: I've been running on the treadmill...

All the live long day. Or at least that's what it felt like last week: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, each time a longer run. In all just 17 miles, but then I hit the "sweaty room" (feeling hot, hot, hot) on Saturday for an hour and a half of Bikram yoga.

The winter slump seems to be hitting hard and I'm finding it harder and harder to muster the energy to leave my apartment. This week was especially brutal, with long nights on Tuesday and Wednesday (teaching until 9:30 or so). Feeling a bit under the weather, emotionally and physically, I decided to give the aching muscles and weary mind a break. Yoga on Wednesday, but as for the other days, complete R&R.

Here's hoping next week is more productive. Until then, there's always the weekend - Friday, Saturday, Sunday - to log in the miles. Oh what was I thinking training for a marathon in the winter?