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March 28, 2007
It's Been a Long Time
I cannot give a recap of the past couple of months because they literally came and went in a blur . . . a snap of the fingers. But one of my friends recently emailed me and he said, "I know you are really busy, hence no blog entries." It struck me that I last left my blog in a depressing, sad state of affairs. I vaguely recollect my last entry, but I think it had something to do with a potential stress fracture in my lower back. I never did get a MRI, but with a lot of walking, no running, and even more rest, the pain evaporated. It definitely took a few weeks - probably about 8 or so - but my running hit a dead end anyway. My Fall semester was a complete whirlwind . . .
The craziness began toward the end of August when I was assigned to teach two sections of freshman composition at the same time that I was taking 3 graduate classes. That might sound like a lot, but it nearly killed me (no exaggeration). I subsisted on 4 hours of sleep and lots of coffee; I wasn't exactly "healthy" as the semester spiraled out of control. I always felt like I was 5 steps behind. Nevertheless, I finished (crawling, beat down and crying) and I enjoyed my Christmas break. I had grand visions (delusions) that I would get SOOOO much accomplished over break . . . but what did I do instead? Oh yeah, I rediscovered running and an entirely new attitude.
This semester has been equally as frustrating in terms of lack of sleep and work load, but I decided not to completely subtract running from the equation. I am still running - 3-5 days/week - but I am running faster than ever before. Weird.
I'll start a new entry to explain my most recent race outing, but I thought i would lay down some kind of re-introductory foundation first.
And for those who might be new travelers to this site: I have been here for 3 years and my goal - alas - remains the same: run a sub 3 marathon.
Posted by bridget at March 28, 2007 11:54 AM