Nothin' Much

I don't have a lot to blog about now that I am officially "retired" from marathons. But, as you probably noticed, my blog posts have strayed a bit from their original form. I left the banter about pace, distance, and heart rate behind and gave you a bit more of a personal look at my life. Pretty boring for the most part, but sometimes things fall on your head in the middle of the night, and that's worth blogging about!

Over these past few weeks, I've had a lot of time to get used to me as a "non-marathoner". I feel much less restricted. My training plan is no longer running my life and taking over my weekends. I've been able to drink wine and eat cheese on any night of the week and not worry about the ill effects on my mandatory long run the next day. Because if I don't feel like running, I don't, and if I do, I do. And I now run as far and as fast (or slow) as I want to. Simple as that. I'm having fun with running again. But...I'm still not having fun with racing.

I said it in my last post, and I'll say it again - I'm a huge head case and do not race well. I have tried to look at it from many angles but cannot figure it out. Does anyone know a good Sports Psychologist? I would really like to get this figured out.

In the meantime, Scout and I will keep running. We have to keep our girlish figures, after all!

One piece of good news...Sargent returned from his cycling trip in Europe! He rode every single day and took some amazing pictures. Here is a link to his online photo album. ENJOY!

http://picasaweb.google.com/Sargent86