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Day 324 | Running in the Wind
Today was a crisp and windy day. The forecast called for the winds to pick up in the afternoon so I made sure to get going before noon. I didn’t have clear plan. I thought I would run somewhere between 3 and 8 miles. That sounds pretty silly but I just hadn’t given it much […]
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Day 321 | Clearing Mental Space
Now that the medical drama that was my life is over, I am finally able to concentrate on my fitness goals once again. I feel like my brain has more space in it now, and I can focus on getting the exercise in and on eating right. I have had a great week so far. […]
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Day 319 | Got My Ass Kicked
Now that I am back to being fully healthy again, I went back to the boot camp class at the YMCA today. It was wonderful to be back. I was nervous that I would struggle and I was worried about how much fitness I had lost. I didn’t do too badly. I could run and […]
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Day 311 | Bookending the Pregnancy Saga
I decided on Friday that no matter what, I was going to run the Maine Coast Half Marathon today. There were many reasons why I should run, and lots of reasons why I could have stayed home. But in the end, I believe what it came down to was that I needed to bookend this […]
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Day 309 | Deciding to Run
I have a choice to make. I can either run 13.1 miles on Sunday or I can not. I’m signed up to run the women-only Maine Coast Half Marathon (aka another Pikermi) with my sister-in-law. I haven’t trained for this one. My longest run since the Bar Harbor Half in September was an […]