Can't believe it's been already 2 weeks since I've blogged. Must be all that fun I've been having. Ha. Ha. Ha. Not. With it being back to school and my girl just starting Kindergarten, I've had a bit of a "lackage" of time to just sit and write. Nevermind do any major workouts exciting enough to put into words. Plus, I came back from a holiday in Victoria over the past long weekend with a cold that I've been working hard to prevent getting worse.
Today was my first "Long run" for a few weeks. I've been still doing my easy 5-7 milers but I just haven't had the time to put in a 90+ minute standard run. By "standard" I mean, road. No hikes. No climbs. Just simple pavement. Today was 100 minutes and a little over 16k. Again, nothing extraordinary, but my purpose was just to get the time in. Afterwards, I did what felt like a million crunches. I think in reality it was like 10 but who's counting. I'm in the process of trying to get rid of what seems to be my "baby" belly. It's a little sad when my "baby" is 5 and a half now...
Anyways, not sure if it was because the full moon has been lifted or what, but everyone I went running by today, was just so rootin', tootin' happy! I leave my house tired, depleted, slightly wretched and miserable and these "people" are all around me smiling, waving, some even say "hello!"... what's with that? Wow. What's scary is that it's starting to wear off on me and now I'm finding I'm doing the same thing. Eeek! I'm going to have to change my name to "that crazy HAPPY runner". Oh dear. Then I'll surely be committed. It's my birthday this week and I was hoping to just cry if I wanted to. Well, no... not really, but it's nice to have options. For my b-day, I've decided to hit the Grouse Grind as many times as I can within three days in order to continue to help raise funds for the Grind for Kids program. This event will be wrapping up by the end of the month and I need to get a move on with gathering pledges/donations which you can still do by clicking here. It's a fantastic cause and every little bit helps!
...and now the bad news... *sigh* Unfortunately, due to scheduling conflicts, bad communication and a long story, I won't be able to do the Frosty 50k this upcoming weekend, after all. Booooooo. It happens though and I can't get my panties in a twist over it. I've had to miss a race before and it stinks but sometimes life happens. This now gives me an opportunity to look into some other upcoming races to take part in. Which I will update here over the next week. At this point in time, I could completely book my calendar between now to the end of November with races! There is a LOT to choose from so I'm very excited! ...and yes, I do see an ultra coming up in my near future. In the "long run" everything does eventually work out. (Pun intended.) Will keep you posted! Thanks for reading!
