#rcjanuary2020

[i-took-the-one-less-traveled-by]

Ran with a friend who has a running injury. So pace doesn’t matter. She’s really strong and I hope her knee is better by the time of our half!

I also made a new dish tonight!! Panko breaded Dijon chicken, roasted broccoli, and a garlic, Parmesan, thyme, white wine risotto 👌🏼

[pearltrees]

Sunday runday with my favorite running buddy. We made it 6 miles- our longest run since early fall, and I felt really good about it!

This has been a tough week for me- lots of work, and a lot of family stuff on top. My grandma is in the hospital with pneumonia, and had to be put on a respirator on Friday. We’re really close and have been since I was little, and it’s been very difficult to process. I guess what I’m saying is that I really really needed this run today.

[pearltrees]

After school run today. The original plan was to run early this morning, but the fog was so heavy and it was so damp that I decided to hold off. I only had an hour and a half at home between school and when I had to go back for 8th Grad Parent Night, but I squeezed that and dinner and coffee in anyway.

As much as I’m glad I got a run in, I’m so tired now (even after an espresso drink at 6:30pm) that when I took a shower before I went back to school, I tried to wash my face with conditioner by accident. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Parent Night was good but I’m extremely people out now. It would have been super helpful to have our other coordinator there too, but since it wasn’t required, she didn’t come. So. That was fun. I answered so many questions. Now I need to sleep for like 16 hours (or 9, I guess).

[i-took-the-one-less-traveled-by]

Ran a half marathon length today. Took a break about halfway for some hydration and glucose boost. Then ran the remainder with some walking toward the end. Happy to have been able to do it! And happy that the weather was so warm today.

The last photo is from my FaceTime chat with my mom and here with just her cat. Haha.

[i-took-the-one-less-traveled-by]

Went for a 10k jaunt yesterday. Have a migraine today so I’ll have to run a lot this weekend to make up for it.

Supposed to be on the 60°s

[pearltrees]

We got out early yesterday for snow, and since the side roads froze overnight, we got a full day off today, too (Virginia logic, but I’m not mad 😂)!

Spent the morning getting some paperwork done for school, watching The Crown, and hanging out with Thor, then went for an afternoon run with my training buddy. We signed up for the MCM 17.75k in March, so I guess we’re going all in on running again. It was super windy but not as icy as I was worried about, and we finished up our route at a local brewery and grabbed a post run beer... happy snow day!

[pearltrees]

Running as much as possible before we go back to school on Monday. I worked at the running store today from 11-3 and then ran before I went home so I wasn’t tempted to just skip it entirely. I’ve run 8 miles in the past 3 days which is nothing compared to what I was running two years ago but is more consistent running than I’ve done in months. Bring it on, 2020.

[pearltrees]

2020 learning to run again, day 2. I didn’t love this run but I felt really good at the end of it. I miss when running was easy, but I’m determined to get back there.