I'm finally walking! After a week of temperatures hovering around the -37˚ C with blizzards and deep snow, we finally have a gorgeous day of 0˚C and sunshine. Folks have very kindly cleaned off all the sidewalks, so I didn't even need my ice-grips on my shoes.

I got a Garmin Forerunner 305 for Christmas (husband's off to Nepal for 3.5 weeks on Friday so we had it early) and tried it out today. I seem to have the wrong max HR programed in, so I need to fix that, but otherwise I was able to select "today" and the training program I programmed in there from my computer, and it cheerfully "beeped me through". I LOVE technology when it works as promised.

It was kind of a "stop-and-go" sort of workout as I was playing with both the Garmin and the ice-grips (I didn't know they were going to be unnecessary when I left the house) but it was just great to be walking again, and breathing in the crisp, fresh air. The brilliant sunshine was also great for my cabin-fevered soul.