T and his roommate joined a neighborhood running group tonight. I didn’t believe him for like 10 minutes when he told me, but he swears it’s true.
He claims being a former marine makes him able to just jump back into anything physical, especially running.
We’re both super competitive and he said that he can out run me any day.
Stay tuned!
This has been one of the best summers of my life. 2004 was a great summer, also 2006, but I think this has been my favorite summer since! This is especially wonderful since last summer was one of the worst ones ever. Last summer my work was consuming me and making me miserable, on top of the fact I was not coping with turning 30 well. It was a REALLY dark summer. However this summer held so much light and joy. I went back and reread my journal from the summer, it loved reliving all of these moments.
May
David Cook acoustic concert
Race for Hope 5K
Sister came to visit
Baltimore/Os game
June
Busch Gardens & Williamsburg trip
Dates galore – including meeting T
QU Alumni Weekend
Jazz in the Garden with T
Kickball League
July
4th of July in Raleigh/Charlotte
Old Rag Hike
Kayaking
Camping with T
David Cook concert
NYC trip – If/Then and Hedwig on BroadwayHootie Darius Rucker Concert
Triathlon #1
Sand Volleyball League
August
Dewey Beach Trip
My Birthday
Billy Goat Trail Hike with T
Gavin DeGraw/Matt Nathanson/Andrew McMahon Concert
Rock climbing
Kayaking
Old Rag Hike
Nick Thomas Concert
Triathlon #2
Kings Dominion with T
I am also really looking forward to Fall, lots of things on the horizon to look forward to as well. I’m just so happy that I’m so happy. One of my favorite quotes is “It is always the darkest before the dawn.” I pushed through the darkest hours and the light has never felt so good.
My DC Ragnar legs.
Need to bump up my training mileage over the next 2 weeks to feel completely ready.
Boom – I’m now a 2x Triathlete! Great race today! (at Marine Corps Base Quantico)
Excited for my second sprint Triathlon tomorrow! (at Marine Corps Base Quantico)
Here’s a recap of the last week or so of training/cross-training
In other great news: Being the squeaky wheel works. After 3 months of health insurance benefits drama my account is correct and on my next paycheck I’m getting credited money for the previous 4 pay periods!
Epic 500 yard swim in the books and about to head out for a bike ride. Feeling good about the quantico tri next Sunday!
Pictures of me in action from yesterday’s rockclimbing and belay training with REI at Carderock
Yesterday I had planned to bike to my Monday running group, run 3 miles, and then bike back. I was a bit behind schedule and the weather looked ominous so I instead decided to drive to the running group and do the 5 mile run.
I’ve done 5 miles or more at this point hundreds of times, but I haven’t run more than 4 miles since April. I’m pretty sure my last distance of 5 or longer was the NYC half marathon in March.
I went out in the rain with my Garmin on the fritz – so I just used the stopwatch function to mind my pace since the .5, 1.5 and 2.5 mile markers for the out and back were flagged. Thank you Andrew McMahon and your Jack’s Mannequin/Something Corporate Emo-Punk to keep my pace fierce and me motivated.
There were maybe 50 of us out to run and most of the group opts for 3 miles, but there is aways a handful or two that opt for 5. I was the slowest of the 5 milers, but I didn’t care. I felt great. No walking breaks needed and I wasn’t obsessing over pace. I ended up with a 51:56 run which I was pretty stoked about.
Friday
Saturday
Sunday