Out of Pocket
Well, I've been out of pocket in blog-land for weeks now...It started when I took a trip work work a few weeks ago, and I've not been able to catch up since. I keep meaning to post something but after being away from the blog for weeks it's hard to make it a short one- which is about all the time I have to dedicate to posting right now! I have been trying to keep up with all of the blogs I read, quickly reading them in between other things- but haven't had time to comment.
I have been running, trying to keep cool on my weekend long runs- a few 3.5- 4 hour runs here and there on the weekends. It's mostly sluggish running due to the heat, but I'm dragging my butt out there as much as I can! I had an unfortunate brush with nature few weeks ago when I was swarmed by red wasps out on the trail (and stung 3 times). I also I lost the valve on my camelbak with 7 miles to go on a long run, and proceeded to pour all of the water out of the pack when I took it off to get a gel. A that point I had about 4 miles left, with temperatures in the high 90's, so it made for long 4 miles. But other than that, not a lot of excitement on my runs.
I did have a few really bad runs in the past few weeks which left me gasping for air and coughing up clear junk. I went to the doctor thinking I had some lower respiratory infection, but instead she diagnosed me with exercise induced asthma. She gave me an inhaler, which I used on my Saturday long run. For 3 years I have been running, and I had no idea that I had any breathing problems... I just figured that my shortness of breath and occasional dizziness was all part of running in Texas heat. After using an inhaler for the first time before a run and feeling my airways open, taking full deep breaths (something I can rarely do this time of year) I realized that there was more to my summer running struggles than I thought. She believes it is related to my allergies (which have been pretty bad this summer) and I am awaiting the results of allergy tests to possibly identify triggers. Who knew?
On another note, probably the biggest reason why I haven't posted is that Marcel started kindergarten yesterday. We had weeks of activities building up to kindergarten -parties, shopping for supplies (do you know how many stores I had to go to to find wide ruled 70 count spirals?), family visits... I really wanted to spend all of my extra time getting Marcel ready for kindergarten and enjoying the last days of daycare (i.e. no more random vacations and picking him up at noon just to spend the day with him). I had no idea how hard this transition would be on him and us. I figured since he had been to 2 different schools/day-cares in the past that he would be fine. But, I guess kindergarten is different with the big school and the big kids- and he has been having a pretty hard time. I had to leave him crying in the cafeteria this morning, and it broke my heart. So, that's my focus right now- getting through this without having a meltdown...and I saw a few of those today at the school (both kids and parents)!
One more thing- Zack and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary this week. We did the zip-lines and the ropes course at the Cypress Valley Canopy Tours and had a blast. If you are ever in Austin (or live here) check it out- it was great. I can't believe how fast time has flown by...I've been married for 7 years and my child is starting kindergarten...whoa!
