My running has had a tough go this winter. December I was not interested enough to brave the frigid temperatures. January I started to play a little hockey again in preperation for my Moose Jaw Warrior Alumni game at the end of January. Unfortunately, in the home stretch I damaged my meniscus which then killed my February running, YIKES!! I am back at it now but needless to say things feel a little rough.

I have got a few runs in now over the last week and they feel cumbersome, my head trying to analyse everything my body is doing, probably to the point of paralysis. So yesterday I am out for a run, I have the ipod on, but low so my head can still be mindful of the runnning. With about 2 miles to go, for some reason I thought of the metronome I have on my ipod for my runs to work on my 180 cadence. So I switched from my music to the metronome. Instantly, my feet were turning over quicker, and my quads did not feel like they were doing a million 1/4 squat jumps. I finished the run finally feeling like I could be a runner again.