Still Running...
It's been a while since I posted...I wasn't feeling blogging at all for a long time. Not sure if I am now...but I thought I would post to my sad, lonely blog.
I'm still running- but in moderation. In the past year I found out I had asthma, dealt with the unpleasant Ischemia (and the subsequent yucky tests) last October, and had a miscarriage in March... A bit much for me. I'm not sure if I was burned out, overwhelmed, bummed...but it has taken a while for me to get back in the swing of things. I've run a race here and there and run around the neighborhood and at the greenbelt, but it seemed after all of my health issues that I needed to examine my priorities and spend more time with my family. Instead of getting up at the crack of dawn every day on the weekend, I have been sleeping in and taking runs around the neighborhood in the late morning, and luckily this summer has been a mild one in comparison. I haven't touch the Camelbak in months and haven't run far enough to carry gels. It's been all good, but I'm ready for a change.
It feels like I am now ready to get back "into" running. Not that I have stopped, because I haven't- I run 3-4 times a week. But I run without a goal, many times without a watch, and that is the difference... I am ready to get back into running with a goal. No big goals- no marathon or ultra this year as I am still wanting to have another baby and hopefully at some point soon- but a goal to focus on. Zack ran a relay race on Friday night and I really missed being a part of that, and sitting there cheering for the runners I realized that it was time for me to get back into it again. Nothing big- a 10K, a 10 miler...I just need to keep working to find a way to balance it all!
On the life side of things- busy, busy, busy- but who's not? School's back in session for Mar, I'm about to do some more traveling, I've got classes to take, ACL fest, jewelery orders to fill, a trip home for the wedding of a childhood friend, and running---trying to schedule in the running, of course.
