April Goals

Today I went for a run and did five recovery miles to start the day. The beautiful, morning sun warmed the air and a breeze pushed me along. While I ran Saturday I noticed that my daughter’s painted rocks had all been removed. However today, new rocks popped up along my run including a palm tree, rubber ducky and flower rock. It was sad to see her beautiful rocks moved, but really heartwarming to see happy owners replaced them with new rocks. Together, we could use a lot more positive stories like this right now.

Goals. I’ve finally settled on some goals! It’s time to get back to breaking a 21:xx 5k! Therefore I pulled together a calendar to work on some speed, while still keeping some miles to be ready for my virtual Pittsburgh half marathon. So, game on! Let’s see what I can push myself to do! This seems terrifying because speed doesn’t seem like something I’ve ever done, but now is the time to try!

Last Day of January!!!

Today I went for a run on the last day of January. It has been a very long month, despite January having just as many days as March, May, July, August, October and December. Maybe it’s the gray sky, the cold temperature or lack of green leaves that makes this month feel like an eternity. But this morning at 6:30am I saw a little bit more pink showing through in the eastern sky. A glimpse that the days might be getting just a bit longer. This morning I had my second post marathon recovery run with the guys and felt cold, yet good. Tomorrow starts February, a leap year month, and a new beginning! I’m ready to set some goals and challenge myself as I move into my birthday weekend. Game on!!!

School Group Run

Today I went for a run with the school group! It was a crazy-busy day, but we laced up and hit the road by 3pm. I missed out on the Tuesdsy run at the Point, so we switched things up for a four miler around the harbor. I went to barre class yesterday, but otherwise this would be my first post marathon run. After three days off I feel pretty recovered and ready for an easy run. We ran to Fells Point and turned around. Another school groupie had planned to run with us and we hoped they were going to catch up at one point during our run out – no dice. Finally with a mile left she found us and we finished our run together in Canton. It was a great group run, somewhat warm weather and a few good laughs to get us through!

Our school group really has a Marvel feel!