The Telephone Call and Marathon

Just received a telephone call from Caroline with last minute instructions for the run tomorrow. I was planning on just using the run to keep my legs stretched out for the January 17th Houston Marathon. It has been a few years since I have trained for 26.2 mile race. Tomorrow I'll be doing the 13.1 race in Kingwood. I have always enjoyed the training run up to the actually race . . . I'm all about the training, but not so much the race itself. In High School track, the same deal enjoyed the training, but not the race day.

My running buddy Billie broke her pinky toe last Sunday. Billie and I have trained to do the Houston Marathon together. This will be Billie's 10th Houston Marathon. She is currently getting around on crutches and doing some cross training to keep her cardio in order. I suggested duct tape for the toe.

Shoes and running

Today was the annual clean out my running shoes closet day. Total count 18 . . . after clean-out 10 . . . actually 4 are now lawn, mowing, work time shoes. 6 running, of the 6 running shoes, 2 I bought yesterday, one pair I may need to return they hit me funny on my ankle and dig in . . . the store has a pretty good exchange policy, but I have still be careful and just worn them for a few minutes around the house, I'll put them on again to just make sure my feet won't adjust to them.

Today turned out to be a two a day running. This morning at 7:45 went 5.5 miles with Billie and Caroline. This evening was the 1 hour and 45 minute ATP workout . . . gotta to love those 1200.

I talked with my husband this evening. This is his week to be in Martinez but will be picking him up at the airport tomorrow night.

Time to post something, anything . . .

Time for a change. I feel like I am the most emotionally strong than I have ever been before. I thought I was doing just fine before, but I am better than fine now. Instead of feeling guilting of setting a boundary and following it through. I feel a sense of being successful. I always thought I needed to take care of others and was responsible for their actions . . . and you know what I am not.

Class Reunion

A couple of weeks ago I attended my 30 year class reunion. 80 of the 240 classmates were there with 40 guests. Nearly everyone looked pretty much the same . . . a few people came up to me that until they spoke I had absolutley no clue who they were. My senior year of high school my life went from being focused and knowing who I was to I'm not sure. I lost a piece of who I was and don't know if I will ever find it again. My life is good and if losing a piece of who I was enabled me to have the life I have now . . . it may have been worth it. Funny there was one particular classmate I've been looking for at least a year, he was that little ray of sunshine that just makes things better. I could not locate him. Another friend showed and one of the first things he said was Dan wanted me to tell you hi . . . I immediatetly retrived his e-mail from Tim and with minutes of leaving the reunion I e-mailed him asking what he had been doing the last 30 years we have been catching up the last 30 years. Life is good.

Running in the zone

There are somedays I get my energy from running with a partner and other days I need to be running by myself and in the zone. Today was a zone day.

Bikram Yoga and running . . . after the challenge 113-132

Bikram Yoga - June 2,4,9,11,20, July 2,3,8,16,21,22,23,27,28,29,30, August 4,5, 12, 14 - practice 113-132

Bikram Yoga still plays a significant roll in my life. When I miss several days things are just off. I've picked up my running miles once again. Do I stick with running half marathons or do I want to train for another marathon. Running is very important to my mental well being and the fear of substaining another injury is a huge concern . . . time will tell. I did finish a 15.2 mile smooth run this morning. I'll just take one run at a time and see what happens.

Running and inner peace

Interesting what almost a month will do. My foot is nearly back 100% and I am happy. Ran a half marathon on Sunday . . . have about 3 running groups I am running with. Still doing the Bikram Yoga. Joined an ATP running program which so far I am enjoying. I have come to the realization I can't make other people want to run. Running for me is not about fitting into a pair of pants or how I look in my clothes. Running is about inner peace