- Fluffy Snowflakes
- Ducks congregating and quacking on the Yahara River
- Other runners passing me, smiling
- A guy shoveling whom I startled when I passed, making me think I’m soft on my feet and stealth
- The Governor’s Mansion in Maple Bluff
- Patches of blue in the sky
- The sound of snow crunching underfoot
- Hearing song birds
- Oversized oak trees in Maple Bluff
- Thoughts of the Madison Marathon
- Thoughts of a training partner for the marathon
- Knowing that in three days I will be in nice California weather
- Two bottom layers – the right decision
- Well-maintained bike paths
- Cars getting stuck in 2″ of snow, reminding me I am not the only one who need new tires
- Maple Bluff mansions decorated for Christmas
- Deciding that I should leave my computer home while on vacation, so it feels like a vacation
- Living on an Isthmus and running from the shore of Lake Monona to the shore of Lake Mendota
- Passing our garden plot, dreaming up what to plant in the spring
- The hilarity of the recorded cross walk warnings at Atwood & Dunning (Please Wait. You are at the Crosswalk.)
- Seeing people out, bundled up, braving the snow.
- A few rays of sunshine peering through the grey clouds
- 60:08 on my watch when I finished
- Realizing that running a marathon is easier than writing a book
- Figuring out that I went 6.43 miles on mapmyrun.com