of thanksgiving turkey trots, trail running and inappropriate winter footwear

I would say that i am going to make a new year's resolution to update this blog once a week or so, but I would never stick to that. 


Big happenings in the land of Dan.  Struck out on my own and started my own law firm.  Working hard to get things set up and operating.  Let me tell you, if you ever need a way to burn through money I recommend opening a law firm. 


What has happened runningwise?  Glad you asked.  Considerably less.  Since the marathon I have fallen back into laziness.  I ran the Smiles Change Lives Turkey Trot 5k in Blue Point on Thanksgiving.  Finished in 28:36.  Since then I have probably been back out running once since then.  I hit the Sachem East XC Course.  I was over ambitious.  It hit back.  Hard. 

For those who don't know, the east coast got socked in by a giant blizzard over the Christmas weekend.  It was thanks to this blizzard that I discovered the following. 1) I own way too many running shoes; 2) I own no shoes that are appropriate to wear in two feet of snow. I had to resort to wearing a pair of limited edition leather Chuck Taylor Sailor Jerry editions.  It was painful because my feet froze while shoveling the two cars out of the parking lot and because it pretty much ruined the shoes.

Speaking of shoes.  Santa obviously did not care about the year worth of less than nice behavior that I engaged in.  I got a sweet pair of Sacony Jazz Vegans under the tree.  I will probably never run in them, but I am rocking them at the office right now.

Okay, upcoming events.  Winter Run Series.  Long Island Half Marathon or Bear Mountain Relay Marathon in May.