Because apparently I don't. At least not very often! The other day one of those memories came up on Facebook and it was from what seemed like a lifetime ago (really only 4 or 5 years ago) and a comment was made "remember when Instagram and twitter and social media didn't really exist and we all just blogged instead?" Right! The good old days! (but I do kinda like Instagram...)
ANYWAY, my blog was looking a little sad since I hadn't updated it for almost 4 months so I decided I'd write an entry. I'm not ready to give up the good old days just yet, I suppose.
What has happened since I last raced, in Texas, in November? Not that much. Or maybe a lot? That's what happens when you don't blog for 4 months - you forget what happened! So we'll let the pictures from my cell phone tell the story... :)
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On Christmas Day I went mountain biking with John. It was warm and awesome and I didn't crash (badly). WIN WIN! |
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For New Year's we went to Burlington, my first time in Vermont. And we saw the world's tallest filing cabinet. Because why not? :) |
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I started training "for real" again some time in December or January. I wasn't very fit. |
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I went to my first Bruins game! With John, who is very suspect of selfies. |
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And I got a new race bike! She's fast and furious and ready to roll, thanks to my bike mechanic/fitter extraordinaire! |
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Then I went to Florida for QT2 pro camp. I got to ride my bike outside in the sun with awesome people. |
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I had a meltdown (or two) at camp. I went in unfit and it was hard. Like REALLY hard. |
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But there's only one way back to fitness and that's a painful, long road that involves a lot of hard work. Thankfully I had awesome, fun teammates for 3 weeks to help with this process. |
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I had my best day of camp on the last day. We swam long and hard and then ran 18x800. I stopped thinking and just told myself to stick with Jennie. So for 9 miles, that's what I did. Somewhere along the way, I decided that I'm not done with this sport just yet. It was an important decision. |
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Then I came home and it snowed in Massachusetts. Not surprising. But my fitness was way better than when I left. Also, not surprising. |
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And THEN, this past weekend, The Run Formula had a Boston Marathon training camp! I had a blast with these awesome campers. They inspired me and made me laugh and they all crushed it. I want to run the marathon now too. |
And that pretty much brings us to the current! Oh, I ran a half marathon in there somewhere too. It went well. I ran fast and then we turned into the wind and I ran slow. All in all, just about right. :) First race of the season is Chattanooga 70.3! I even went so far as to get plane tickets to TN so this is HAPPENING. Blog report to follow. Eventually... :)
I never pay attention a ton to who blogs and who doesn't. I just pay attention when someone does I guess.
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I'll see you when you update again. Whenever that is.
Take care. :)
I enjoyed your brevity and straightforwardness.
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