I think I forgot how to bloop...but I remember how to run!

It's been a while. A lot of you probably have no clue who I even am!! There's way more going on in my life than running. After my knee injury, running took a serious back seat and I didn't run much at all this summer. I can't take the heat.


However, now that the harsh heat has gone, Surf City training officially started yesterday. I figured I'd try and start with 5 miles. It went really, really well. I started later in the morning than I wanted, but it wasn't too hot as we had a significant amount of rain most of the week and weekend. It was humid, but not terribly hot. I reigned myself in enough for negative splits and the last almost half mile was a 9:38 average. Yay! I'm so glad I still have enough stamina for 5 miles, even though I feel like I'm basically starting from scratch.


DH said after that run he's going to modify my training plan so that I'm running my speedwork faster than originally planned. I haven't done speedwork or tempos for a really long time!!


I didn't run at all in August, but I did do a lot of walking. DH and I were in California for a week and Ireland for a week. In Ireland, we didn't rent a car so we walked everywhere.


I'm signed up for 3 races in the upcoming months. In just under 2 weeks, I'm going to run a local 10K, just as a training run while I wait for DH to finish the half. Of course, Surf City in February (YAAAAAYYYY!!!!!) and another local half in May. That one has turned into a lottery, but I got a guaranteed entry after running a trail race put on by the same RD. That will be the same race I was unable to run this year due to my knee injury. I was having a hard time deciding if I wanted to run it for charity again, or if I wanted to try and get in the lottery and do the cycling race I switched my donations over to after my knee injury. Now, I can run the half on my own and do the cycling race for charity a few weeks later. Best of both! Hooray!


Life is busy. DH had the summer off and we had a lot of fun. His old job called him in between trips and asked him to come back so he started a week ago, so now I'm adjusting to not having him home all the time. I'm still doing as much pinup modeling as I can get my hands on, and that modeling has actually led to me winning a contest (okay 3) to be on a wine label for a local winery. They had 4 different wines they wanted label submissions for, and I collaborated with a photographer friend of mine and we won 3 of the 4!! I'm pretty excited about this, especially since I've gotten to know the winery owners and they specifically asked me to use my pinup style and enter the contests.


I really will try and be better about blooping now that I'm actually in training again!



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