The men of the VA Beach 1/2 MarathonThis weekend Blair and I and three other fun-loving runner couples packed up the Garmins and running shoes and ventured to VA Beach for the VA Beach Rock 'n' Roll 1/2 Marathon.
In a word, FUN. Flat, fast course, great crowd support, and at the end of the race they handed out towels dipped in ice-water and rocket pops. Plus, I got to run the race with friends. Does it get any better?
Actually, yes, it does.
Someone asked me today if I'd given up on my blog. (Three days that I didn't post anything people. Three days! You may want to look into that whole "getting a life" thing they're talking about on Twitter.)
No, I haven't abandoned the blog. I'm just swamped with work. I've balancing 2 big client projects that are eating up most of my days (and nights). My book proposal is in desperate need of a revision based on recent feedback I received, but that's going to have to wait, probably for at least another 2 weeks. I haven't even been able to find the time to prepare BILLS for my clients which, hmmm, yes, is a problem.
Add on that this weekend is the Virginia Beach Half-Marathon and I'm still trying to get in my runs, boot camp and cross training, along with getting the car serviced, preparing for the house sitter, reminding Rockingham county artists for the umpteenth time that their entries are due by September 1st for the Artist Studio Tour and blah-blah-blah, blah-blah-blah... I'm busy.
I'm also experiencing computer blindness and I think my hands are locked into the arched typing position, so I'm going to call it a night.
Cheers,
Dena
How, HOW I ask you, can it possibly be the middle of August already?? We're going to blink and it will be Christmas. I remember when I was a kid, summer would stretch out endlessly. This aging thing is getting on my nerves.
Anywhoo, as I have nothing new or exciting to report (shocking, given the high stakes life of intrigue that I lead), I thought I'd use today's post as a status check on posts of the past. How's marathon training going? Did I ever lose those 7 pounds? What's that ganglion cyst up to these days? Let's check in and find out!
Marathon Training. In early July I posted this entry about being psyched to start my marathon training.
I had a horrible run yesterday. I set out to do 11 miles and ended up walking almost the entire last 3 miles of it. It would be easy to blame it on the heat (already past 80 degrees when we started at 7:30 am) but that wasn't it. The Greenway was packed with runners, each pushing forward through air so thick it literally felt like it was pushing you back. No, for me, if was a combination of factors that included:
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