Delightful December

December 2024 in review!

Total mileage for the month: 253.3, giving me 3444 for 2024

• Dec. 2-8: 50.7
• Dec. 9-15: 60.1
• Dec. 16-22: 63.0
• Dec. 23-29: 59.1
• Dec. 30-Jan. 5: TBD

Our Delightful December pose

Workouts:

• Dec. 8: trail run (not a workout, but a different stimulus). I only got to do one this month but will aim for 2 going forward (every other Sunday).
• Dec. 11: 10 laps of straights and curves on the track
• Dec. 18: 12 x 1:00 on/1:00 off toward the end of a 10 mile run.
• Dec. 24: 8 x 400 m w/ 1:00 jogs with my niece Story.
• I did lots of strides post-run and embedded into runs this month.
• Favorite workout: the Christmas Eve 8 x 400 m. I wasn't completely sure I could hit Story's workout but ended up pacing her through it very evenly.

Christmas light long run Dec. 21

Long Runs:

• Dec. 7: 14.1 miles
• Dec. 14: 15.2 miles, with 12 x 1:00 picks ups at the beginning of most miles.
• Dec. 21: 14 miles
• Dec. 28: 14.5 miles
• Favorite long run:  Dec. 21 because it was followed by running group breakfast

Christmas lights long run on Dec. 15

Running Highlights:

• Our group did numerous Christmas lights runs.

One of many weekday mornings finding the best lights

Life Highlights:

• We were able to spend time at both my parents' and my in-laws' houses for Christmas.

Post-track workout

Major family Christmas

Books:

• The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
• Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell
• The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold
• Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalex
• By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult
• James by Percival Everett
• Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten
• What Have You Done? by Shari Lapena
• We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
• Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age by Rosaria Champagne Butterfield
• Scythe (Arc of the Scythe #1) by Neal Shusterman
• Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
• You Shouldn't Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose

Theme for the month:

• Running group did Delightful December.

This is going to be my last monthly recap, at least for now. I used to get a lot of joy out of writing these but for at least a year now it's started to feel like a chore/just something else to keep up with. I still really enjoy race recaps, so at the least I'll be checking in with those! I don't have any 2025 races planned for certain, but I enjoy being able to jump in races at the last minute when things align.