Leap Day.

Today is February 29th...Leap Day. An extra day this year! My email inbox was cluttered with all sorts of promotional sales and such today, but one in particular caught my attention. It was from my beloved Nike+ site. It was a challenge to all of it's runners/bikers/etc to make the most of today and try to get in as many extra miles that we could during the extra day this year. My training schedule called for 3 miles today...but I thought if I got right home from work and headed out I could maybe get in 5 for the sake of the cause before my Mommy duties called. As soon as I stepped outside I realized that the gusting wind was probably not going to make for a very easy run and resorted back to the original 3 mile agenda. I fought to keep my van on the road all the way home from work...this wind was wicked! When I pulled into the driveway I saw that several patches of shingles had actually blown off of our roof. We must live in a invisible wind tunnel for all of the straight line winds we get and the damage we have had (this will be the 3rd time to get shingles replaced). A quick check of my weather app showed that the wind speeds were 35-40 mph in my location...bummer! It is going to be a treadmill night afterall, but it will still be 3 miles for my leap day contribution.