This winter has been exceptionally cold to say the least.  The buildings here in Miyazaki are not insulated very well, and it doesn't help that the weather is like 30 degrees every day.  The mornings are very dark so it's hard to get up.  Needless to say, I can't wait to get myself close to the nearest heater.

But, on a different note, yesterday I ran my first half of 2018.  The half was in Mimata.  Of course, it was cold and raining, but i decided to still run it.  It was very different for me because the usual half that I run, there are many people to get scrambled with.  However, this half was different..there were only about 200, and maybe only a handful of ladies.  In a way, this made me push myself harder even though I didn't train for this run.  I didn't want to be the last one.  To my surprise I beat my goal time of 2:30, and finished the race in 2:10.  I was really surprised actually.  But, even finishing the race with a faster goal time, in the end I think I was still like 14something/ 200 people. yikes.

After the run, I treated myself to a yummy dinner and some well deserved drinks. mmm

xoxo,e