This, That & Time Flies

OK, so it has been MONTHS since I have had time to blog. So much has happened since January. The marathon I was planning to run was cancelled because of snow. Snow in South Carolina! So after a few weeks of being down from that, I registered and began slightly amping up for a March race in Cape May, NJ. I didn’t go quite as fast as I had originally trained, but I was very happy to run and complete the Ocean Drive Marathon. My mom and toddler son helped crew for me. It was a miracle that the race, so close to my mom’s home was just 6 weeks after the original race for which I was training.

Let’s see, then I was part of a team of 5 in a 200 mile race. Tons of fun! But only 3 members of our team were actually strong and fast enough for the task so we DNF’d. First time I’ve done that, even though I ended up running 27ish miles total. We were blessed to have wonderful weather and comeraderie, and to stay injury free.

Then my younger daughter came home from college for the summer and we moved our older daughter into her first apartment. Both girls have had boy troubles this summer, but they each worked it out for the better. The relationships could have ended for worse reasons and with a lot more strife, So there were blessings there.
At work, my position changed slightly. I used to have one responsibility for a large geographic area. Now I have greater responsibilities over a slightly smaller area. Basically, it means I am spending more days out of the office traveling. My husband’s position ended at our local base. Even though he is now several hours away and commutes on the weekends to come home, it is a blessing that he has a position in this economic time.

And then, we moved. We had less than a month’s notice, but had a miracle occur that a house we looked at buying in our village, but didn’t have time for the process, came available for rent. So we’ve spent the last month packing and moving. Plus, at work, our physical space was greatly reduced so we spent many days sorting, packing files and materials, and moving furniture.

So I’ve had a lot of strength training in August, but no running. So the marathon that I was supposed to run with my nephew in October has changed to a ½ marathon. Now I have to get back to running!