Happy Frozen New Year

Woke up to a very cold day this morning but no run for me.  My right ankle started talking to me around the 6.5 mile mark yesterday so I cut the run short and took today off just in case.  I'll try again tomorrow and it looks like I won't miss the bitter wind chills as the artic air is hanging around.  I've laid out every stitch of running gear I own to combat the expected chill.

Changing the template to a simpler version to try something new.  I am also going to try to post some more pictures this year like Mike does.  Perhaps he would like me to run like he does too but one thing at a time.  I'm trying some auto-posting via www.posterous.com that Ernesto mentioned recently.  I don't think I have quite the hang of it yet but I like it so far.

In 2008 my running was a see-saw as usual.  I had two good races.  The 10k in Orrington last April and PEI in October.  I am hoping to have two good marathons this year.

I didn't read the 50 books in 2008 like I tried but I got in 43 which isn't too bad.  The list:

1.  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling

2.  Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight - Alexandra Fuller

3.  Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling

4.  Fast Track - Suzy Favor Hamilton & Jose Antonio

5.  The House of Intellect - Jacques Barzun

6.  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling

7.  Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling

8.  Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling

9.  Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen - Fay Weldon

10.  Science and Culture - Gerald Holton

11.  Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict - Laurie Rigler

12.  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling

13.  This is Reading - Frank G. Jennings

14.  By Order of the President - W.E.B. Griffin

15.  The Monastery - Sir Walter Scott

16.  Close Combat - W.E.B. Griffin

17.  Wild is the River - Louis Bromfield

18.  The Post Modern Condition: A Report on Knowledge - Lyotard

19.  Run Strong - Kevin Beck

20.  It Takes All Kinds - Louis Bromfield

21.  Time Bandit - Johnathan & Andy Hillstrand w/Malcom McPherson

22.  The Two Cultures & A Second Look - C.P. Snow

23.  Early Autumn - Louis Bromfield

24.  Science and Thought in the Fifteenth Century - Lynn Thorndike

25.  The Black Dwarf - Sir Walter Scott

26.  Old Mortality - Sir Walter Scott

27.  Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks

28.  Falconer - John Cheever

29.  Theory of Knowledge - A.D. Woozley

30.  American Scholarship in the Twentieth Century - Merle Curti

31.  Goodbye Mr. Chips - James Hilton

32.  Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen

33.  Winds of War - Herman Wouk

34.  War and Remembrance - Herman Wouk

35.  Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen

36.  Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

37.  Mansfield Park - Jane Austen

38.  In Secret Service - Mitch Silver

39.  Emma - Jane Austen

40.  Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen

41.  Persuasion - Jane - Austen

42.  Lady Susan - Jane Austen

43.  German Thought and Culture in England: 1700-1770 - Garold Davis

Currently reading: The Antiquary by Sir Walter Scott.  It is very good.

Mileage for 2008 was around 2300 miles.

Yesterday: 7.3 miles @ 8:42 pace.

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