Well...

Another much delayed post, but I suppoose I will have to get used to that. It's who I am! Lazy :/
Anyway, took a quick trip last weekend to Mexico City to see E. It was really nice... We talked, spent a lot of time just being together, walked and walked and walked. It felt good to just be there in the moment and know that things are working between us, and we are both willing to fight to make this work out.
I am now experiencing post-visit blahs. With my injured foot and inability to get out and run despite amazing January weather (in high 40s with tons of sun) and a real urge to get out and burn some of my anxiety, I am sitting around, eating tooooo much, feeling crappy in general. I can't even really take a good hike or anything. Doctor's appointment tomorrow morning, so hopefully I will be able to figure out what it is, and hear that it will be better soon and I can start running again in a month. I miss it terribly, and have been feeling reallyreally crappy about myself without it. Ugh.
Well, this too shall pass...

Well, it's 2010

And I'm a blogging slacker!
Good things have been happening lately, and I'm crossing a few things off my list!
Started my 401K this week at work :)
Going to Mexico this weekend, just for 3 short days...
Since my ankles were bothering me my running has really suffered, but now it's finally feeling good again, and I'm getting a bit of endurance back! I hope I can stay healthy and keep it up and get better!

Snowy days

Finally some real snow in New Jersey!!! Its been snowing for 24 hours, everything is buried, and I couldn't be happier. It's beautiful!!
Well, I've had a couple of rough weeks in the running sector. Joined the gym and started running on the treadmill, and immediately my ankles started bothering me. And now I can't seem to figure out how to make it go away. So my running has been only a couple days a week, and not good when I am running, especially this week. Because I've taken extra days off my ability to run the distance/time I want is way down too. Blah!
And I'm so so frustrated that all the work I've done to get here is swept under the rug so easily... I have to figure out a way to accept it though, and remember that I can work back up to it. It's winter, and if my running suffers a bit, I'll have to be okay with that for now.
I did buy myself some outdoor running clothes, which was fun. So there's that :)

Went to the Georgia O'Keefe abstract exhibit at the Whitney Museum today. So so wonderful...

My feet and legs do not feel so good though. Wore my running sneakers, but they are not the right sneakers for walking all around New York for a whole day!! So totally worth it, though. I got to see Jenn and Georgia O'Keefe and Aaron and NYC all in one lovely day.

Georgia O'Keefe's work with color and line is so breathtaking to me... Something about her work touches my soul...

Finished C25K

I finished C25K yesterday! Had a great last run... I went out not expecting to run the full 30 minutes because I hadn't run in 4 days or so. I didn't put any pressure on myself, just told myself I'd run until I wanted to stop. Well, the run felt great! I didn't feel the need to stop at all. So I went and went, and finished my 30 minutes feeling great!
Thank goodness it was such a good run. I have been feeling very unmotivated the last couple weeks, but last night got me sort of back into it! Woot!

Went to Grounds for Sculpture on Sunday. Soooo lovely! Far more amazing than I expected! The grounds and landscaping alone were just breathtaking!

www.groundsforsculpture.org

Almost ready to finish the running program and move on to the next part... but I have been a little under the weather the last few days, so my last C25K day is a bit delayed. That's okay. I will finish it very soon!

Gobble gobble!

5K run!! Hooray!
Okay, so I took 3 brief walk breaks, but I did do better than I felt I would. I had such a hard running week last week, I was sure today would be a flop. But it wasn't! I felt great after the first half, despite the walks, and I felt great after the run, which I hadn't been able to say after each run for the past week. Hooray! Finally feels like I'm back on the right track... :)
My time today was 37:05, if I remember correctly, which far exceeded my expectation of 45:00.
So my goal for the next 5K is to run the whole thing.

I'm also thinking I really want to run the Auburn Mile in the summer! I've always thought it would be a great thing to do, and really, a mile is easy for me now. By then I should be able to "sprint" it!
Okay, happy happy Thanksgiving everyone! I am thankful for all the good, love and beauty in my life.