Yaaaaaayyyyy!!!
There's an exit strategy! He's increasing the run vs walk time over the next few weeks and I feel like I see an end in sight.
Finally :)
Besides that - I've been going to spin class and even took a friend today. I'm pretty impressed with my body's ability to keep up and even still feel good after an hour of doing the bike. Half way through the class today, my friend looks at me and says, "I hate you, Forman". Sorry, friend - but I'm glad you came! Glad to report that she lived through the rest of the class. After class I felt like I was warmed up and ready to work out, haha. I took the kids for a swim in the pool for a bit then we came home for lunch and a nap.
As 2018 begins, our season is shaping up nicely:
May - Pittsburgh Steel Challenge: 5k on Saturday and the half marathon on Sunday
September - Barber Beast on the Bay, Morgantown half marathon
October - Stop Drop & Run
If the Pittsburgh Steel Challenge is my Super Bowl, I'm not entirely sure what to call the rest of them! The Beast is my big fundraising race and Morgantown was a spur of the moment addition that was just added this week. There's an awful lot of training and potential race time between May and September. My goal for the Beast is to have fun and finish under 3 hours. Hopefully with a friend since Joe will be chasing his own clock. In October I plan to finish under an hour. Depending on how my training is going, I may also run the 5k that morning right before the OCR. Time will tell. I hope to add a good muddy OCR at some point in the summer as well!
On to the unexpected visit...
I had a very vivid dream today that my step-dad (who passed away in April) walked into the room and sat down. I told myself, "I'm sure I'm dreaming". He assured me that I wasn't dreaming, but he could only stay a short time. I turned away for just a moment. I turned my head back toward him just as I asked him an important question - only to find that he was gone. That's the first time I've seen him since he passed and it was surreal. I'm contemplating some big things in life and I feel like my brain is trying to make it all make sense.
Maybe it's just too much personal development reading. Not enough wine. Too much coffee. Whatever - it happened.
Tomorrow is another day to get better :)
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