I find that it's hard, in the heat of the moment, to see progress along any kind of journey. Be it fitness or weight loss or anything where we start from Point A and move along a steady path, I think we remain too close to the matter at hand. My head tells me that I've done good work. I have ...
marathon
a measure of progress
epiphany
It's been just over a month since the marathon, and contrary to what more experienced marathoners have promised, I am not laboring under any kind of "runner's amnesia." I am still quite adamantly opposed to running another 26.2 miles. Ever. I guess it's a case of "know thyself." And I know, ...
so, you just ran a marathon. now what?
Mr PugRunner drove us back to the Dolphin, where I hobbled, barefoot to our room (much to the amusement of the valet). In the car, I had chowed down on a tube of cinnamon applesauce (yes, it was the best applesauce ever), and was looking forward to a scalding shower, and a dip in some epsom ...
race report: wdw marathon {1.11.2015}
I was awake before the alarm. In fact, I had only managed 40 minutes of sleep the entire night. And that's being extremely generous. There was nothing I could do but shower and change into my race clothes. Mr PugRunner was incredibly sweet and supportive about it, but that didn't stop me from ...
home at last.
I am home. And I am a marathoner. I have a lot to process. It was a crazy, hard, wonderful and emotional weekend. I'm having all the feelings, and I think I'm just too tired to make sense of most of it. Thank you for all your kind thoughts, messages, encouragement and love. You are all so ...
weekly recap: 9/7 – 9/13
It's the second week of September and Week 12 of marathon training! I don't know why, but it is starting to feel so incredibly near. All our ducks seem to be in a row as far as travel and the rest of the weekend are concerned, so it's just a matter of those pesky 26.2 miles. Easy peasy. It's been ...