Week 6 was the week before Christmas. The major difficulty was the multiple pre-Christmas parties and dinners that I attended. In addition to that there was a travel day to Gerardmer that I had to run around. Despite that, I was able to log 55.86 km or 86% of my weekly goal.
Week 7 was the week of Christmas and I faced some really awful weather at Gerardmer. Most days I faced cold rain and wind. There was one day of exceptionally nice weather when I was able to go out in shorts. That day I dad 15 km. We also travelled to Germany and I had a nice run at Amberg, running up the hill to the Kloster overlooking the city and going on thru the “Wald”. Because of the travel day back to Paris I only did 59.56 km or 92% of my objective. But I’m still happy with that, considering some of the conditions that I faced. The hills in Gerardmer were good for training also.
For both of these weeks, I was motivated and pushing hard to make the 2000 km objective for 2012.