EndorphinGirl™ is back with a soon to be endorphin vengeance.  Or so she hopes. On Monday, December 15^th, she officially concluded her daily one-mile (ROCing) running.  After the 365 day milestone, she continued with the ROCing for an additional 15 days; in totality 380 days of a running streak.  She had to wean herself off this daily schedule, which yes took 15 days to wean!; yes, there was a bit of withdrawal.  December 16^th was the first day in 380 days she did not run a mile.  She was feeling a bit odd about it.  But she managed to get through it.  In fact the deciding factor(s) to not run included a combination of serious jetlag; she arrived home from Europe that day with aching, aching calves.  She attributes the achy, achy calves to serious hiking in the mountains, severe dancing at her company Christmas party, and steep skiing on the Matterhorn over the weekend.  All factors combined - she is sure contributed to her achy breaky achy achy calves. 

So this is the truth, this is how she has concluded her ROCing and is now on to the next challenge with what she believes will be with a vegenance.  She is in the process of getting her butt in gear to properly train for her second, half marathon, which is scheduled for the end of January.  Yes, bloggee you are thinking no doubt, as is EndorphinGirl™  that the words ‘second half marathon’ makes a whole marathon for EndorphinGirl™.  Get it – if so – this is how she would like to think about it – two halves make a whole!  All the same she needs to come back with an endorphin [running] vegenance; and she needs to do it soon, so she will be prepared for her second - half marathon!

Okay there is quite some rambling going on in this blog.  Therefore, EndorphinGirl™  is going to try and wrap this blog up shortly.  She is quite jetlagged and needs to get some rest for her endorphins and will stop blogging until next week.  Perhaps jetlag = rambling.?  She promises a proper blog next time. 

By the time of the next blog, EndorphinDaughter will be home for the Christmas school break so there will be even more endorphin stuff to blog about. 

Until then, check out the latest EndorphinGirl™ image, courtesy of EndorphinGirl™’s son.  What a lovely seasonal image.

Meanwhile, guest comments always welcome in guestbook and keep on endorphin’.

EndorphinGirl™