Ouch

I tell you what, it's not easy getting older. I remember the good old days...when I could play on the playground for hours and eat anything and run and skip and ride my bike. Wouldn't it be nice to have that again? Minus the having to grow up, of course.

I've been having some issues lately with my running. I want to run. But my legs don't seem to be able to comply. Granted, donating blood was a huge do-do move. I should know better. But still, I feel like I'm running in mud. My breathing is labored and I'm tired. My legs have been getting so tight, I feel like they're going to snap if I don't stop and stretch. But a mile down the road I have to do the same thing all over again. I keep waiting for the kick, the point where I feel like it's effortless, but it's been over a week since I've felt that and that, my friend, is frustrating. I get so...arrgh! about it. Only a month til the 1/2 and I feel like I'm not even a 1/4 of the way there with my training. My coaches have been very supportive and they tell me I'm doing fine, but if you know me, you know how competitive I am. Yes, Becquel, me - competitive. LOL!

I guess I just need to stretch, keep rolling on that damn foam roller and relax. I'm going to finish that race if it kills me. I just want to do it in less than 2 hours. And that's the kicker. Oh Lord, won't you teach me patience? Or maybe, is this part of the learning process?

New direction

It's been seven months since I last posted here. I guess in a way it's kind of like my issues with keeping a journal. Good intentions don't always come through! But here I go again. I've been doing a sort of blog for my 1/2 marathon through Team in Training at this site: http://pages.teamintraining.org/sj/nikesf08/mlaird. It's been fun, and maybe I can keep it up by blogging here as well. I really would like to be able to follow through with this as I feel like it's something I need to do for my mental health. I'd like to be able to put thoughts and ideas out there as well as let people know what's happening in my life.

Bah, we'll see I guess!

Today I have the day off - through the weekend. My folks and my aunt are coming down to visit. They were supposed to be here today but I'm thinking they won't get here until tomorrow. At first I was a little unhappy because I felt as if I was wasting a vacation day but now I'm pretty happy. I'm going to go for a little run while it's still cool. Well, I'm going to actually do a sprint workout. Not so much a little run. Then I have errands galore to run. Aaron's birthday is tomorrow and he loves days when he gets presents. I need to finish shopping for him and get some other things out of the way.

Here's to trying to keep a blog going, posting photos and mental health. Whee!