Just Nod if You Can Hear Me.

Yes, I know.  I got laid off and I fell into the abyss.  And I apologize. 

Since February, I've spent a lot of time working out (fell in love with Zumba and hot yoga), spent some time nurturing friendships that I'd let sort of wither, and I looked for a job.  I also planned a wedding, and well, you know, enjoyed having Inspector at home.

Now the wedding is done, I've found me a job, and my friends are just as important to me as they ever were...except now maybe they know it a little.

I don't have much that's really new and exciting. 

Except this.

I am going to run a half marathon on January 9, 2010.  And I'm going to do it to try to help fight cancer.

You can support me here http://pages.teamintraining.org/sfl/wdw10/mmarbacc9u if you want.

I'm going to write more regularly again.  I feel like I can all of a sudden. 

I'm sure I'll write about being married to Inspector.   I am sure I will write about my new job.  I am likewise sure I will talk about training for those 13.1 miles, because it's the thing I am primarily jazzed about in my every day life.  It's the thing that buzzes in my brain when all is otherwise quiet.

Here's what I think about most:  Crossing the finish line.  I think about feeling satisfied and proud and tremendously exhausted.  And then I think about Jennifer, and how I would have done anything I could  to save her, but there was nothing I could do.  I'll be thinking about Jennifer when I cross the finish line.  Running this race is a way for me to make loving Jennifer an action verb again.

Comments

['stina]

I'm running one a week later. I'm hitting the treadmill tonight to formally start my training.

I used this training schedule when I ran the half-marthon in Austin January 2007, which was one of the most fulfilling things I've ever done. It worked well for me, and I used a lot of the walk/run ideas to make it seem a little less overwhelming. http://www.jeffgalloway.com/training/half_marathon.html

[LateFragment]

That's very similar to the TnT training schedule.

I feel like I am in good hands. It's my coach's 17th season with TnT. He promises me he'll get me across the finish line.