Yes, a Final 'Fess for 2022

 Seriously, friends, how did we get to the final 'Fession of  '22?

Time seems to keep accelerating, and I cannot seem to keep up with it. Maybe that's a good thing, since I have ZERO time to sit idle and succumb to boredom. Yeah, that's the story I'll go with, LOL.

So, here we are again, knocking on the door of  the final 'Fession Session for 2022. As always, I have a few (or, in this case, five) 'fessions to disclose... 

First off, shall we start with Winter? Dang, Momma N and Old Man Winter have been at war  recently, and I'm not sure if either could declare themselves the winner. First we're blessed with almost 10 days of psychotic weather warfare, complete with record-breaking cold and ferocious wind. Then, just these past couple days, we're catapulted forward to a brief spring preview, with an almost 80-degree "feels-like" increase. That being said, I weatherfess, I'm grateful for the recent balmy "heat" and am treating it as a reward for all that we endured during those 10 frigid days prior.

Next, there's my 10th installment of the Runner's World Winter Run Streak. Regrettably, I'll have to streakfess that my 8-year streak of outdoor runs (for the RW Winter Run Streak) came to an end amidst last week's bomb cyclone. Although I have done this run streak for the past 10 years, the past eight years I've prioritized doing all of the runs outdoors. I went back and checked the numbers...last Wednesday (December 21st) was the 330th consecutive outdoor streak run. The following day, though, the extreme cold, severe wind, and blizzard-like conditions forced me to stay inside, on the treadmill. Admittedly, that 4-mile run wasn't totally terrible, but it still was a buzzkill for eight years of outdoor streak runs to end. 

Alas, with the bitter cold weather, a new (short-lived) streak began, by default. A few years ago, I got the idea take my post-treadmill selfies outdoors...kind of as a humorous means of coping with the less-than-ideal situation. Well, last week, that tradition continued for a record-breaking five day streak itself. Hey, if I'm gonna be stuck, indoors on the 'mill, I'm gonna make the best of the situation. I gotta freezefess, though, this poor man's cryotherapy actually feels refreshing after a hot indoor run!

Then there's the self-imposed Christmas gear mandate. I know, I know...I do this to myself every year. I have a lot of Christmas spirit, and I have a good cache of holiday-themed gear (as well as plenty of green and red gear in general). I try to make good use of all these colorful wardrobe pieces, this time of year, by wearing something red, green or holiday be-dazzled for every run.  But, let me yuletidefess how nice it is, come December 26th, when the "pressure" to wear all things holiday-inspired is lifted. Whew!

Finally, there's those Garmin badges (again). Although I think the Garmin badges are a nice perk, and many of the challenges are motivational and inspiring, I don't consider myself obsessed with them (yet). That said, it was most ironic that two more badges popped up as a result of my treadmill runs!  I'll badgefess it here and now, these two treadmill badges were nice surprises because neither were on my radar, and they gave me something to show for my (indoor) efforts. Whodda thunk!

Anyways, that'll do it for December's 'Fession Session, and that'll wrap it up for 2022.

How about you? Any special 'fessions to share for this final month of 2022?  Did the recent bomb cyclone throw a kink into your outdoor fitness plans? Have you ever had a Garmin badge surprise you?

I'm  linking this with Marcia for the monthly Runfessions link-up

I'm also linking this with Michelle, Renee, Darlene, Jenn and Zenaida for the Fit Five Friday Link-up.

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