I know, I know. Yes, there has been a lack of weekly updates and again I do apologize. This past two weeks at work have been CRAZY. Since I work in Admissions I am on a constant track to meet certain goals for what we call "Start Week". This past week was one of those starts for us, one of our biggest of the year so I wanted to do as well as I could.
I also decided to take a class on Monday nights from 6-10pm, a drawing class of all things, so now I have that added to the already wacky mix of fun I have on my plate.
No excuses, I do have time to train. I just haven't had much energy. What energy I did have was given to my pup who was left home a bit more than usual since I had all that going on and Ben had softball or football most of the other nights. It has been really tough trying to manage everything. With three weeks to go Ben and I have made a deal that I will need to focus more on getting my training in. He'll need to pinch in more. As I write this my dog Castle, seen in the picture above left, is cuddled up on my lap. All 100 plus pounds of him. I know he needs to have time with me too. All of it is important. Finding balance is where I have really struggled.
I have done some things like participate in a Workout of the Month for Triceps through a Facebook page. Most of which I don't bother to on myfitnesspal or dailymile since they have been ten minutes here and there. Last weekend Angela and I met up with two fellow Iron Girls in training a did a 500m swim up at Lake Las Vegas. it was hard but I am less afraid of that portion of the race so it was an immense help. It was also nice that one of the women had experience with Iron Girls and gave us lots of tips.
Now, instead of being fearful, I am now getting excited for this. I am not doing it for time or any other real goal other then to finish it. To be able to say I did something that I would have never thought I could do. Really that is all this journey has ever been about for me. And yes, Angela went to our favorite breakfast place, Egg Works, afterwords. It just has to be done people - if you had the potatoes there you'd understand.
As for future races beyond this month there are a few in November that I am doing but beyond that I am holding off for now. Ben and I have been thinking of the "baby" issue so that may be coming in to play soon. We'll see what happens, but because of the uncertainty of that I don't want to register for any half marathons, etc until I know. I do have a Spartan Race scheduled for April of 2014 but I am hoping that I can defer it if I need to. I will cross that bridge as I come to it.
Speaking of races I have a giveaway running, make sure to check it out on my website www.runwith.com!
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