Last month I registered for the Madison Half Marathon on May 30th, which is about 21 weeks away. Today I began my first “official” day of training: 3 miles with a temperature of about 16 degrees. I don’t think I’ve ever run in such cold temperatures, but I’d better start getting used to it! It actually wasn’t too bad once I figured out where to place my face mask. At the half way point, I turned around and was blasted the rest of the way home with some chilly wind and blinding sunlight. My thumbs went numb for a bit too. In any case, I’m excited to have something to motivate me to run all winter long. I’m training with my friend Kelly, a fellow musicology graduate student, and we will be doing our long runs together. In a couple weeks I’m taking a running workshop to help me improve my form. I’ll keep you posted on my progress!