It's been pretty hard to do stuff the last 5 years with 2 pregnancies, mat leaves and young children. We have new administration staff at both my schools and they are all awesome. Plus they don't know that I haven't done extracurricular stuff ever. They just see me running every day. And I really want to be more involved and now I'm able to. Another checkmark for not having another.
I'm thrilled to be back at work. I'm enjoying it all.
The dog is doing well. Not stiffness-free, but we don't expect perfect nor fast.
Running is rocking my world right now. In exactly one week I am running my first 5k fun run. This is the first of my life's goals that I'm checking off. I look forward to each check on that list (ever evolving list that it is).
Here are the last running journal entries:
Aug 30: 31:28:42
Sep 1:
Second day back at work. Early morning run today. I left at 6:30. I'd planned to leave at 6, but I barely slept last night so it was hard to drag my ass out of bed into the cold.
31:25:17 - so far my best time but just by mere seconds. Oh, the elusive 30 minutes....another month I bet. I am pretty consistent in my times.
I may regret this, but I'm starting running with the cross-country "team" tomorrow. I use the term "team" lightly
We are a tiny school and we may have 3 runners. But the coach hasn't run in months so I should be able to keep up.
I always feel bad because I have zero skills to offer for extracurricular volunteering. But if I can run, then I can do this.
Of course, I ran at the crack of dawn this morning so no day off for me. It is COLD at dawn - my hands were red when I came in.
Wish me luck that I don't eat their dust tomorrow
Sept 2:
There were 2 kids, our superstar is still on vacation. We did 5.8km in 33:44:56. The boy ran farther and the girl took longer than the coach and I. She tells me that she has to ride her bike to coach the other guy because he's just insanely fast. I have no idea how people do a 5k in 18 minutes.
It was a blast running with someone! I had a bit of trouble carrying on a conversation at the beginning, but the talk definitely makes the time go by fast. I'm so happy I did this. It's going to improve my speed and distance for sure. I get to do all the interval and hill training. I'll learn about it from someone who knows what they're doing and I'm learning how to stretch properly.
Sept 4:
We did cross country through the bush today. It was AWESOME! A bit slower to jump over branches, puddles and run through long grass that hides what the ground is like. I was so busy looking at my feet that I forgot to watch out for branches in my face. I don't know the distance but we did 36 minutes
Sep 5: 43:56:04
Sep 6 (Tonight)
5k - 29:22:99
I finally broke 30 minutes! That's been my goal for a while!
My mantra the last 3 minutes was: "I can do this!" It was hard. But I feel great now!
31:25:17 - so far my best time but just by mere seconds. Oh, the elusive 30 minutes....another month I bet. I am pretty consistent in my times.
I may regret this, but I'm starting running with the cross-country "team" tomorrow. I use the term "team" lightly
We are a tiny school and we may have 3 runners. But the coach hasn't run in months so I should be able to keep up.I always feel bad because I have zero skills to offer for extracurricular volunteering. But if I can run, then I can do this.
Of course, I ran at the crack of dawn this morning so no day off for me. It is COLD at dawn - my hands were red when I came in.
Wish me luck that I don't eat their dust tomorrow
Sept 2:
There were 2 kids, our superstar is still on vacation. We did 5.8km in 33:44:56. The boy ran farther and the girl took longer than the coach and I. She tells me that she has to ride her bike to coach the other guy because he's just insanely fast. I have no idea how people do a 5k in 18 minutes.
It was a blast running with someone! I had a bit of trouble carrying on a conversation at the beginning, but the talk definitely makes the time go by fast. I'm so happy I did this. It's going to improve my speed and distance for sure. I get to do all the interval and hill training. I'll learn about it from someone who knows what they're doing and I'm learning how to stretch properly.
Sept 4:
We did cross country through the bush today. It was AWESOME! A bit slower to jump over branches, puddles and run through long grass that hides what the ground is like. I was so busy looking at my feet that I forgot to watch out for branches in my face. I don't know the distance but we did 36 minutes
Sep 5: 43:56:04
Sep 6 (Tonight)
5k - 29:22:99
I finally broke 30 minutes! That's been my goal for a while!
My mantra the last 3 minutes was: "I can do this!" It was hard. But I feel great now!
