{"id":5408,"date":"2014-03-01T11:15:20","date_gmt":"2014-03-01T16:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=5408"},"modified":"2014-03-01T11:15:20","modified_gmt":"2014-03-01T16:15:20","slug":"february-into-march-challenge-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2014\/february-into-march-challenge-update\/","title":{"rendered":"February into March Challenge Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

February didn’t go quite as I had planned. \u00a0I started out pretty good, but quickly realized that I couldn’t do the 7 minute workout each day without getting injured. \u00a0So I revised the plan to do either the 7 minute workout<\/a> or the Lolo Jones workout<\/a> each day. \u00a0 I did corework on at least 20 of the 28 days in February, I tried to keep accurate records but didn’t always remember t0. \u00a0I totally forgot once, remembered while laying in bed at least once, and then got sick last weekend… \u00a0Now I just need to kick myself back into it and continue doing core work!<\/p>\n

Overall, February has been a long month. \u00a0One of the coldest and snowiest years on record for the Twin Cities has meant many cold runs and hard to pull yourself out of bed mornings. \u00a0And lots of shoveling snow. \u00a0March is traditionally the snowiest month, so that should be interesting! \u00a0I think we’ve had 3 days above freezing in 2014 and something like 40 days that have been sub-zero at some point during the day. We’ve also had an unprecedented 6 days with no school. \u00a0Ugh! \u00a0We have done our best to embrace winter, Art Shanties, Ice Caves, and snowshoeing, but all the super-cold has meant that it has been hard to get the kids out to enjoy the cold weather!<\/p>\n

February numbers:<\/p>\n

5 trainer rides – I had hoped for 8.<\/p>\n

Ran 33 miles – I had hoped for 50.<\/p>\n

Here’s hoping March will be a better month. \u00a0With changes in our schedule, I was hoping to be able to start biking to work – but it looks like there will be snow and ice on the roads for the foreseeable future. \u00a0I still have my old steel road bike and I might try to get it ready for winter biking.<\/p>\n

March 30 Day Challenge<\/strong><\/p>\n

My 30 Day Challenge for March is:<\/p>\n

Unsubscribe, de-friend, unfollow\u00a0<\/em>– Time for some spring cleaning. \u00a0Clean out your inbox or news feed by getting rid of some unwanted\/unneeded clutter!<\/p>\n

This can be done all at once or each day. I think I’m going to focus on one area each week and get rid of 7 things. \u00a0So today I’ll unsubscribe from 7 e-mail newsletters, next week 7 Twitter Followers, then 7 Facebook friends, then 7 RSS feeds. \u00a0Then I’ll just find 3 more things to get rid of! \u00a0When I did this before I found that once you start it is hard to stop! \u00a0I think the hardest challenge will be the RSS feeds, but that will potentially have the most time saving focus for me!<\/p>\n

Other goals:<\/p>\n