Halt on Training....

Well I have attempted many times to start a blog, but life has gotten in the way and it kinda falls apart, but this time around I am going to make a good effort to keep this going. It's good to get out whats in my head and keep up on my running goals. For some reason when I see them in print, its easier to keep myself focused to actually achieve them......So the next race is coming up March 16th March Madness 1/2 marathon in Carey IL ...this is supposed to be a great course to really push yourself w/ its share of rolling hills. Now on to the really miserable part, our Treadmill is broken. The belt was slipping and my wonderful husband thought he would attempt to fix it, yeh right! So, now a part is broken and its in bad shape. Luckily we have a service agreement w/ Sears to come and fix it. They will not be out until Wednesday :( Training is a little halted for the time being as its 12 degrees w/ some nasty winds - I am not liking winter right now!!! I seriously need some days in the 30's w/ no wind & sunshine to get outside and kick it into gear. I am done w/ the many layers, black ice, snow, cold and wearing hats ugh!!! When is spring coming?? I have 5 miles on the books for today, and unless Amy calls me back to be so kind to let me run on their TM I am just screwed for today's run - I can try and play catch up, but it wont be pretty - It was presidents day and we took the kids bowling. Well, bowling didnt really work out as it was over an hour wait for a lane jeez! So we let them play in the arcade and then took them to Mcdonalds play area - their I indulged in a Qpounder, fries YUM!!! Isnt helping when I cant run it off ............So.. I am still going back and forth about signing up for Chicago 08 should I ??? I did finish in Chi 2007, but I still want to run it the way it should be ran and meet my goal time......Amy seems interested, maybe I will have a partner to log all those gueling training runs or maybe if Don would stop running like a kenyan (well not really) but he is damn faster than me and commit to run it w/ me we could cross the finish line holding hands like I envision in my head LOL!!! I will keep you posted on my decision.....