Freaked

I'm freakin' out, man! Why you asked? Well...

First, I woke up at 4:30 am to run. I love running, but I never wake up early to do it. I would estimate that I've tried to wake up early about 2,000 times and have really only been successful approximately twice. That works out to 0.1%. Terrible. But this morning I did it! I was wide awake for some reason this morning. I will admit that I tried to fall back asleep, but I just couldn't do it. I was so happy to run to. Once I was out there doing it I kind of wished I could stay out longer and go in late to work. I managed to get 4 miles in this morning.

Second, it's January 8th and it was 47 degrees out when I went running this morning. The forecast is calling for 60 degrees as the high for today. I'll repeat - it's January! How crazy is that!?

Tonight I'm headed to a power yoga class with a couple ladies from my teacher training. It should be a good time. I love this class.

I'm also headed to get my new blackberry for work tonight. Oooo fancy shmancy!

Start of New Year

I haven't posted in awhile because quite frankly, I've been running around with my head cut off. I've been running, but never as much as I'd like. I've been doing yoga, but not as often as I'd like. I've been working, but more than I'd like (kidding of course!).

Since I've last written, I've fully recovered from the achilles injury. Christmas has come and gone and so has New Years. I started my Yoga Teacher Training classes and after 5 weeks I can tell this is quite the journey I'm on. I'm also changing jobs - same company, new position, new manager and new department. As you can see I've had a lot on my plate.

In the running department, I'm attempting to train for the Vermont City marathon, but if I can't get the miles in and don't feel I'm ready, I'll fall back on the Run to Remember half marathon. Both races are on the same day. I'm going to run as often as I can, but in balancing the yoga teacher training and the rest of life, it's not always that easy.

So I will write in my blog as often as I can and I might even start a new one specifically for yoga.

Keep in touch!

Comeback Kid

I'm back... again. So it's been a full summer off from blogging, but not running. I did stop training for the Mohawk Hudson Marathon in light of a foot injury due to my crazy hips. I switched my training to the BAA Half Marathon which is on October 7th. Everything went well except for a few glitches here and there with my hips, but all in all I got all my workouts in and did well in almost all of them. So I guess this is my Paula Radcliffe comeback except I'm not as famous and I'm not getting nearly as much publicity.

I've taken up a yoga practice and will be starting a yoga teacher training in November with Finding Inner Peace. My little sister and I are contemplating a marathon in March. I want to wait and see how this half goes first. I think that will give me some time to evaluate where I am and where I want to be and also to figure out how much time I can devote to marathon training. I really would look forward to the increased mileage though. I am also looking forward to running in the cooler weather. I know, I know... in winter I want warmer weather, in summer I want cooler weather. Hey, I'm a woman, my mind is constantly changing!

Yesterday I ran the Marshall Degan Road Race in Quincy, Massachusetts and was the first woman overall, first in my age group, and got a new 5K PR. I was so excited because this was my first overall win. I hope there will be many more to come with even faster times.

Today was a rest day so I took a 7:30 yoga class at Healing Tree Yoga & Wellness Center. I'm journalling too so I got in a little bit of that before class which was nice. Tomorrow I have a speedworkout planned so I'm going to get to bed early so that maybe I can get to work early and out a little early (fingers crossed). I may see if I can change my work hours now that winter is coming and it will be darker. I don't want to run after work in the dark for too long.