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May 8, 2006
Thank You
To all of you who responded to my last blog entry, thank you. The outpouring of kindness and thoughtfulness from everyone has been most buoying in this time.
I think I'll be back to blogging. I'm not sure how inspiring or thoughtful my entries will be, but I hope they don't sound as numb and sterile as my brain feels right now. Additionally, I haven't been running much, so there isn't much running to write about, either. Mostly I'm coming back for the routine and the normalcy that it will help bring to my life. In the whole running blog sphere, I write about running and I read other people's accounts of running. This is a fine little hobby that I quite enjoy. Through it, others' writings about running inspire me, writing about my own running is motivating, and interacting with other runners gives me new knowledge about the sport. Further, in my family, my dad was my biggest running supporter, so I think he'd want me to get back to running and blogging. Finally, at the moment, I'm in desperate need of bits of routine and normalcy to thread through my otherwise chaotic life.
Running for me is just one aspect of the adventurous life that I strive to live. Through the sport, I get to run and race in some amazing places and meet some incredible people along the way. Beyond this, it's a personal adventure of sorts as well, setting and striving towards goals. My dad was also a fairly adventurous character, I think he's responsible for at least part of my adventurous spirit. After all, he died on the Galapagos Islands in South America while on his last adventure! I know that my dad would want me to continue to live life as an adventure, in whatever way I see fit.
With that, I think I'll have a mini-adventure and attempt to run through suburban St. Paul, MN, where I am currently at home with my family. This country girl finds city traffic quite intimidating! I'm afraid also that the last 12 days of little to no exercise has left me feeling massively out of shape, so running at all should be an adventure in itself.
Posted by Meghan at May 8, 2006 10:40 AM
Comments
Glad to see that you're back!
Posted by: Caitlin at May 8, 2006 2:48 PM
I'm glad you're back as well. When you first wrote that your dad had been in the Galapagos Islands, I thought, "Ahh, so that's where she gets it." It sounds like your dad was a great dad to have.
Hang in there. We're all thinking of you and your family and pulling for you.
And while out on your adventure running in MN, look out for those ferocious things we city people call cars!
Posted by: Alison at May 8, 2006 3:06 PM
Meghan, though I only know you through a few random emails and from reading your blog postings, I am in in great admiration of your ability to bravely handle this tragic loss. Don't fret not one second about not running or any loss of fitness during this period of your life. You clearly have the mental strength to summit any peak--always remember that.
Posted by: duncan at May 8, 2006 4:25 PM
So glad you are back too!
Sounds like you got your adventurous gene from your father Meghan! Like father like daughter I guess.
Hang in there! I am still thinking of you and your family lots and praying for you guys...
Posted by: Beth at May 8, 2006 6:16 PM
So glad to see you back online! My thoughts are with you and will continue to be.
You have a lot of practice dodging bison in the Park; now just apply the same to vehicles and you'll be just fine. :)
Posted by: anne at May 9, 2006 9:22 AM
nice to see you :)
Posted by: corrado giambalvo at May 9, 2006 9:50 AM
I continue to think about you and your family through this ordeal. I look forward to hearing about your urban adventures and your country adventures as well.
Blondie
Posted by: Blondie at May 9, 2006 5:21 PM
I'm glad to see you're back, Meghan. We're thinking of you.
Posted by: barb at May 18, 2006 11:13 AM