It's been awhile since I've posted much that's going on so I'll try to catch up. I'm still struggling with getting back in the game but am feeling better now that I'm working less days. I'm down to 3 days a week and it's such a relief, physically and mentally. Now I just have to get my workout schedule in order. It seems that my days off from work coincide with my days off from working out which is kind of dumb. I need to work on that. I've pretty much decided to try to run another marathon this fall but am not all that excited about it. I'm still torn and prefer running the trails. I guess I'll just train for a marathon and see what happens. It's been so hot here that it's making running tough but I suppose that is what makes runners tough. We ran 8 miles yesterday and it was brutal, very hot and humid. We have met some great people to run with and hopefully I'll improve as a result.
I'm reading the book Born to Run for inspiration. It's a very interesting book because I am so familiar with many of the people in it and it gives a lot of history to ultra distance running. It certainly is making me want to get out and run on the trails. We're going to do the Sweaty Butt 50K on July 4. Well Frank is, I'm only going to run two loops (hopefully I'll run two loops) for about 20 miles. That'll be the farthest I've run in a long time. It should be fun as it is a Fat Ass so no pressure. Elsa and Joe are going to do it as well. They've never been to Umstead so I'm looking forward to showing them around.
Looks like our next big race will be a 10 miler in Wilmington NC. We've been wanting to get to the beach for awhile so this is a great opportunity. The race is Saturday evening at 6:00 so we'll have all day to hang out and then there's a party after the race so that'll be fun as well. That is July 18 so I've got a month to get ready. We don't have anything picked out yet for August but in September we plan on doing Hinson Lake 24 hour run. Hopefully it'll be our comeback race with the Mangum group.
Tomorrow we go to the township to discuss our deck addition. They told us it would only take about 10 minutes so it sounds easy enough. I'm really looking forward to have the deck completed. We'll be able to eat out there and even get a little sun. I need my vitamin D.
I bought some new massage training dvd's so I'd better get watching them. I'm hoping that they'll help save my hands and arms.
I also wanted to add another picture that Tate sent me of Adalyn and me. He takes such great pictures. This pic was another one in the Cleveland Garden.
Gotta Run!
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