In my last blog post, I told you guys I was going to DNS the
South Padre Island Marathon. I wanted to
let you know that while I did think a lot about it before making the decision
final, it still pains me that I won’t be running it this year. But!
There is still hope! I’ve emailed
the admin at the marathon asking if I can defer this year’s registration to
next year’s race. We’ll see. Fingers crossed…but breath not held. Also, I do still fully intend to do the San
Antonio RNR marathon. I want just one
more “marathon finisher” jacket from the Rock’n’Roll franchise before I call it
quits to marathoning (at least temporarily…I’m undecided currently if this is
to be just a hiatus or a full on withdrawal from running marathons). Don’t get discouraged though, I am HOPING to
continue with occasional distance running.
I’d like to run another 50K next year…maybe even a 50 miler. I want to do more on trails. I want to get away from the pavement. I want to be in nature, you know?
But on the subject of quitting things…I’ve been seeing a lot
of motivational stuff lately like this:
Pretty inspiring in my opinion. It brings to mind my summer goal that I wrote
on the wall of the Fit room at the gym: “Don’t give up.” In fact, I’m doing the OPPOSITE of giving
up. I seem to maybe be getting my mojo back. The other morning I had an appointment at the
doctor’s office for the blood draw that comes prior to my annual physical for
work. I decided that I was going to go for
a run afterward. The entire drive from
the doctor’s office to Ladybird Lake I kept saying “I don’t want to run, I don’t
want to run, I could turn around and go take a nap before I go to work.” But that would be giving in and giving
up. Thankfully the runner that’s still
there, deep within me steered the car until I found myself parked under the Mopac
bridge, so I therefore had no choice but to go for my run! I decided I would do 4 miles. They were not fast. But I didn’t expect them to be. And I’m so very okay with that. The run went amazingly well and I only
stopped to take pictures of the cute things my watch was telling me.
Then the following day, after work, I went for a night
run. Just 3 miles as I was sore and my
legs were tired from the 4 miles the day before. That one was even slower and yet again,
totally okay with that. The fact that I’m
going for runs again makes me so happy! I’m
pretty sore but, like I said, I’m super happy.
Now if I can just keep up running 2-3 times per week, I’ll continue to
be happy, plus I should have no problem dropping the 15 pounds I want to drop
by mid-November!
Meal prep is still chugging along. Made pork chops with some pork dry rub that I bought
when my friend Heather and I went to Terry Black’s BBQ not too long ago. They are soooooo good. I bought a giant package of bone in porkchops
at Sam’s Club. This weekend I’ll be
making zucchini taco boats (I’ve made them a few times over the past couple
years). I’ll also bake the acorn squash I
bought a while back and then stuff them with the hatch chile apple pie
filling! Oh yeah! Can’t wait to eat those for sure!
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