Looking ahead!

I must be getting better as I'm once again starting to think about what races to sign up for. That is a good sign. I had a pretty good week although it was off to a shaky start. I ran on Tuesday and felt pretty good and decided to try a Pilates class on Wednesday. I didn't enjoy the class and actually felt worse after going. I felt sore and very frustrated however, I felt much better on Thursday and decided to hit the trails again. I ended up feeling so good that I "ran" 8 miles and nothing hurt! I couldn't believe it after how discouraged I had felt the day before. What a difference a day makes!!! I ran again on Friday but only did 4 (2 loops around the lake) because I knew I wouldn't be able to get a run in on Saturday. Everything still felt pretty good and I feel like maybe I will continue making progress! Tomorrow I plan on running 12 albeit very slow. I'm looking forward to being out there for a few hours. It's been way too long. So fingers crossed!

Today we went to the Pinehurst Resort which was the first time we had been there. It was amazing to see it up close. I was certainly out of my league but it was fun and we plan on going to lunch there one day soon. We were there for our training for the volunteering position that we signed up for. We are going to be working at the Jimmy V Celebrity Golf tournament in August. It should be a lot of fun. We're going to be Course Marshall's and I had no idea how much is involved! I hope I can handle it. We will get to go to the 3 golf courses on Saturday to watch the "warm-up" celebrity golfer and get autographs and just check out all the courses around as normally you're not allowed on them. I have no idea who the celebs will be but it should be fun. The celebs pay $6000.00 to play a round of golf so each foursome pays $24000.00! With 3 18 hole courses, that's a lot of money for cancer research. I think it's almost $13 million dollars! Not bad for a days work! On Sunday, we have to be very cool and keep the spectators safe as well as the golfers. We got a couple of golf shirts (dri-release)visors and pins. We'll also receive a post volunteer party on Monday after the event as well as several other perks. I think getting involved in activities like this will make it a lot more fun to be here. I hope we meet other active people from the area.

I officially started my massage business at a salon/spa in Pinehurst. My ad appeared in the local paper yesterday and I've already receive a call for 2 massages next week! I also had a client that came to the house yesterday for her massage and will come monthly here as well so it looks like I may actually start working! I think it's a good thing as long as I don't get too busy! I also met a women that I'm going to trade massages with. She is in Southern Pines and is very busy. She works 6 days a week. Way too much for me! Anyway, she is very nice and she really helped with my butt issues!

Frank is at the club working out so I thought I'd catch up on my blog. It's amazing how days go by and I don't take the time to recap the day. My goal is to try to blog almost everyday as I don't seem to be able to remember a lot of the details that are important especially in determining the cause and duration of injuries, etc!

It looks like my next "race" will be the Hinson Lake 24 hour run. I did it last year and it was a lot of fun?? Jean and Herm may come down for it so that would be really fun although I don't think Frank is going to do it. His family is having a family reunion in VA and he wants to go. I've decided to not go as it's his cousins and people that I don't really know and I think it would be easier for him to catch up if he didn't have to worry about me. Hopefully he'll get to see Jean and Herm either before or after. We'll see. He will get to see them next Month at the Cactoctin 50K in Maryland. I'm going to stay home with Chico as I won't be in any shape to run that challenging course. Again I think it will be more fun for him if he doesn't have to worry about me. Aren't I generous???
I had a brainstorm the other day and am going to try to have either a 6 or 12 hour run around the lake here at the reservoir. There are a lot of people training for the 24 hour run so it would be good turnup. It will be a fat-ass but I will still need to get the blessing of the township or the park officials. I hope we can pull it off as I think it will be fun. Very low-key and free for all. Just several hours of running in circles! Fun right?

Wow, looks like I got carried away. Better go start dinner! Carbo loading for our long run. Well, Frank is doing 20 and normally I don't consider 12 long, but it will be long compared to the 2 to 4 that I've been doing. Hope all goes well!