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October 31, 2005
A Wedding, Niagara Falls, and a Little bit of Running
Once again, I feel the need to rewind a few weeks and play catch up. My life has been fairly busy the past few weeks so I find myself crashing like Alison when the night finally comes along (except she is 100 times better at blogging than I am!). I really need to make this part of my daily routine since I enjoy writing so much, and I absolutely love writing about running :)
My running has been haphazard and fragmented since my failed attempt at the marathon almost 4 weeks ago. While I was anxious to start training hard again (with goals, workouts, and even - gasp - a schedule), things have not worked out that way. My glutes are taking a long time to heal so I am running when I feel like it, but the running that I am doing mostly qualifies as "jogging." My only noteworthy runs were a 6 mile run on Thursday where I held a steady 6:48ish pace and a 10.5 mile run yesterday where my glutes survived with minimal pain and I was finally able to open my stride.
While B. and I were in Boston - getting married - I did not run. I took 5 days off in a row and I think that resolved some of my issues (I should note that we were walking between 6-10 miles/day so I did not exclude exercise entirely; I just did not run). And speaking of marriage, B. and I had an amazing wedding. Everything was perfect - the day was slightly overcast, but the temperature was crisp and autumn was in full bloom. The highlight of the day for everyone, I think, was our priest's homily. He asked B. and I to write letters about each other . . . my letter was 6 pages and B's was 3; Fr. Pete had a lot of work to do! During his homily, he read from each of our letters . . . it was beautiful.
Our entire time in Boston was beautiful! The Nor'easter only lasted one day - we went to the science museum and then watched "Antartica" in the Omni theater. After Beantown, we drove to Niagara Falls - totally 1950s style honeymooning - and we were both paralyzed by the natural beauty before us. Neither one of us had ever been to the Falls so it was awesome for both of us. We did not have a lot of time to stay so we spent one morning running through the Falls and snapping pictures along the way (if I ever figure out how to post pics, I will post one).
I have a million things to do, it seems, since returning to Chicago. I am helping to launch a magazine in the City (For Her Information), I am working at the running store, and I am working on a few papers for school (one was due months ago, but for reasons too complicated to explain, I am just beginning it now). And, on the side, I have my writing imagination to deal with . . . my typical writer's block has subsided of late so I am busy translating my ideas onto paper.
I might run 3.5 miles this afternoon with Ajax (my dog). If I do, I will definately log back on and write about it! I love seeing the world throug his eyes - as cliche as it sounds, he really does stop and smell the roses! Our 3.5 mile runs can get a little lengthy, but that it a-okay with me.
Posted by bridget at October 31, 2005 08:40 AM
Comments
Ok, you are a true runner. You got the running update out of the way-then let is on your wedding!!!! YEAH!!!!!! The homily sounds like it was amazing. What a beautiful idea. I hope your glutes continue to improve.
Posted by: Audrey at October 31, 2005 01:36 PM
I've been eagerly waiting for an update, so I was so excited to see you posted today! Congratulations!! What an exciting time right now for you. I hope your glutes feel better. It sounds like your already back in training.
Posted by: Caitlin at October 31, 2005 05:32 PM
Like Caitlin, I've been anxiously waiting to hear an update about the wedding, Mrs.running-blogs.com/bridget! :-) So happy to hear from you again!
Blondie
Posted by: Blondie at October 31, 2005 07:45 PM
Congrats - so glad to hear the wedding was beautiful. Good luck to you and B!
Good luck also with easing back into life in Chicago. Hope the glutes heal up well!
Posted by: Beth at November 1, 2005 05:03 AM
Congratulations!
Posted by: jenandmats at November 2, 2005 05:18 PM