Since the snow has finally melted away and I now can be outside for more than 10 minutes without feeling like I have been turned into an icicle; I have reverted from my winter training, mostly dealing with flexibility, and cardio (aren't stairs great?), to getting back to my outdoor (spring) training. Endurance is what I am mostly aiming for this season, I really don't even care about the speed any more, as long as I can go without having that splitting pain in my side. I went for my first run this spring yesterday, I only went a mile and a half before I couldn't breathe anymore, but atleast I got that far, I still have the same cold that I have had lingering around for the last few weeks, and it is still quite chilly outside (60*).

It was so nice out, not very many clouds in the sky and many of my neighbors were out taking walks with their children. I felt kinda out of place out there, with my long pants, thick long sleeve shirt and my mp3 player around my wrist; while many of the people I saw where wearing short sleeves, and shorts! I couldn't believe that they where actually keeping warm while they were out there in this temperature at this time of year (but of course this is being said by the girl that was out in the snow in a swim suit during a Minnesota winter).

Although the real joy came this morning when I woke up to extreme pain all throughout my calves. . . YAY, shin splints . . Joking. Seriously, I can't stand them, especially when every where you need to go you walk to, going up the stairs is the worst. But I kind of, did myself in with not running during the winter. . . Oh well, I'll be running through the pain anyways. RICE is now just ICE, I can't stand to stay at home and skip out on training. Now there is a lesson here people, don't over exert yourself if you haven't practiced done your job of staying up to training guidelines, you'll just get hurt.