12/31/11 vs. 12/31/12

I've been thinking today about the difference between what I did on New Year's Eve last year, and what I did on New Year's Eve this year.

• 12/31/11 - Woke up early, drove out to Ashburn to run my first 5K ever with my younger brother.
• 12/31/12 - Forgot to set my alarm clock and ended up being almost an hour late for barely a half day at work.

Interesting contrast.  I think I'm going to plan now to run a 5K on New Year's Eve 2013.  It makes the day so much more fun.

I did run this afternoon, just for fun.  No race involved.  That was the first time I've run outside since April.  I think today was the coldest day that I've ever run outside.  But it also proved that my winter running gear works pretty well.