Lots of stuff going on. Revamping the blog’s appearance (not that any tumblr followers will notice). Working on some new content because quite frankly this has felt a little stale to me and there’s some big stuff and new adventures coming up in my life to share.
Running has been rough for me this year. I’ve tried some new things and stepped out of my comfort zone. Some worked out, some didn’t. I’ve had a rough time mentally breaking through on a lot of runs. Today was my last race of the ‘season’ and I’m ready for a break before my next round of marathon training starts. Now through the end of the year I’m basically only running if and when I want to. No pressure. I do enough other activities that I won’t sacrifice my overall fitness. I really tried to focus on longer races this year. Next year I think I’m going to primarily stick to half marathons with some full marathons peppered in, one trail/endurance event because, quite frankly one of the things I learned is that I really REALLY dislike trail running. I want to like it. Believe me, if sheer desire and will to like trail running was enough then I would be trail running’s biggest fan. But in practice I just don’t like it. And that’s okay. There was one event I participated in that I really really liked, and that I will continue to do.
Today’s race was not a PR. Not by a long shot. No PRs to be seen this season, in fact. But it was enjoyable. I had a good time. My head was in a good place. I finished in a time frame I could be happy with, and felt good enough after to do the grocery shopping, some cooking and some laundry. The work week is starting again too soon. Too much I want to do, too few hours to do it. But big things are coming…more details soon.