I haven’t blogged in awhile.
Where does the time go? I
remember being on a big running high the last time I posted, then hitting a slump, a deep trough, coming out of that slump (which coincided with a cooling trend in the weather) –
to rebounding to where I am now (where I don't really care about the heat anymore - it is what it is), and now it's just about a month away from Chicago time. Yikes-a-Doodle.
This training business is really the marathon. Race day itself – while being adrenaline
fueled and exciting – should really be the culminating party. It’s these hot days of summer that have been
the real challenge. Rising at or before
5AM multiple days of the week; working around the heat; slogging along on these
long long runs; trying to imagine what actually completing 26.2 miles will actually
be like. I can’t think of another time I
have set my mind to a consistent 18 week anything, let alone this very
physically challenging feat. And it doesn’t
stop at the end of those Chicago 26.2.
Three weeks after my first marathon, I will run the Los Angeles Rock ‘n Roll Half Marathon. I ran that one last
year and so enjoyed it I signed on very
early this year to do it again (before I knew I was running Chicago). So I also have a goal to repeat that race and
maybe even improve my time. It’s also
Halloween themed, so I may have to break down and actually wear something
silly this time. Check out the Halloween medal and shirt - yum!
And then Manny and Cathy are getting everyone all excited
for the Dana Point Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning. So being one to want to run off Thanksgiving dinner before
I eat it, I signed on for the 10k. This will be my third consecutive trot in Dana Point - whoda thunk. That should do it for 2012.
But never fear, I am already registered for
Surf City in Huntington Beach (hello, they are repeating the Beach Cities Challenge in 2013 - so I just may need to run OC and Long Beach again next year too), and Team MOB is putting together a Spartan Race
team for late January. Yep, I agreed to
run through mud and fire. Oh lord. I have read that runners often plan their next races before the race they are training for has actually happened. Or even, in the throes of agony crossing a finish line, they start talking about the next time they will do it again. Yup - that's me.
Could it be that I really like this running thing? I DO! And this picture that Run the Edge posted not long ago reminded me of why I do. It's all for me, baby.
Yeah, I have been too busy this summer training and spending time with the family to do much crafting this summer, but there will be time for that later....in fact, I was seriously considering going 100% digi on the scrapbooking....may just be the way to go. Anyone up for a scrappy yard sale? That'll be for another time. Right now, it's COUNTDOWN time for Chi 2012!.
Whooya.
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