We had a good, make that a great, weekend at our house. There were three big reasons:
- I won second place in my age group in the 5K I ran on Saturday. It was originally scheduled for August 27th where I would have been in one lower age group and would have grabbed first place. The ladies seem to get faster until they hit about 60. Oh well, I was still excited to get a trophy. I have not been doing speed workouts so I didn’t know what to expect. I finished in 25:02. That is about 10 seconds slower than my fastest time ever. I’m happy with that!
- When we got home from the race the doorbell rang and the FedEx guy delivered a letter. I knew what it had to be. Steve had an interview on Thursday for a job he was super excited about. He got it!!!! So officially he is laid off on September 30th and his new job starts October 2nd. How’s that for timing? I am so proud of him and happy for him.
- The third thing was to me the most exciting. You may be asking what could top Steve getting an awesome job. Lottery? Pregnant (to Steve that would terrible news)? Promotion? Nope. Joey scored his first goal at soccer!! People, I lost my mind. I managed to capture the goal on my cell phone. Along with Joey’s awesome goal you can hear me losing my mind. Please if you choose to watch the video TURN DOWN THE VOLUME. Just think of Blair Witch Project, that’s what I sound like. I was just so excited. If I get this excited at a 4-year old’s township soccer game Joey is in for years of embarrassment.
Those were the three big things that happened over the weekend, but there were a couple of more things over the last week too. Joey and I were both promoted in karate. I am now an orange belt and Joey is a yellow belt. Joey broke his first board. That was great. Today I went for my 6 month post-opt for my eye surgery and I have 20/20 vision. Yeah!
My running has been going well too. Saturday I ran the 5K race, Sunday 10 miles, Tuesday 3ish miles and today 7. Last night I was supposed to do 6×880 sprints and I only made it to 4.5×880. I was tired and I decided to call it a day. I was running on the treadmill and my ankle was really starting to bother me so I stopped. Today I mentally prepared myself for my 6 mile run. When I discovered it was a 7 mile run on the schedule I felt defeated. That extra mile really does matter. I ended up having a great run! Now I just have to take care of my ankle and listen to my body! My goal is still to be injury free for this half marathon.
It’s been good. I know life is a roller coaster and instead of focusing on the bad that could be ahead I am going to enjoy the ride up.
