A Runner's Thought

Here is a thought that I have hanging on my wall with a picture of me finishing my first marathon 11 years ago. I am in the process of trying to find that same satisfaction I once found in running. I truly miss it!!

"Running allows me the time I need to sort things out, gain perspective, and obtain a feeling of accomplishment that few other activities offer ..... It gives me an avenue to release stress and gives me such a sense of BALANCE." (James Murray, RUNNERS WORLD)

Hyde Park

I have now been in London for a few days and have gotten in some good runs in Hyde Park. I live about 3 blocks from the park, which means that is pretty much the only place I have ran so far. I am looking forward to the weekend so I can hopefully get in a good long run during the day so I can see a lot more. Hopefully the weather is good. If anyone wants to come to visit let me know. haha

Spur of the moment half marathon

Guess what fam? Rhonda just did her first 5K this weekend!!!!! She's becoming one of us! I was so impressed! This weekend was a fun one. My friend Crystal called me on Thursday and said one of her group had to drop out of the half marathon because of an injury and she invited me to run in their place (on Saturday) It was perfect downhill training for the marathon in a month! I felt great, except my achilles tendons...it hurt to walk down the stairs. Or maybe that was because of the soccer I played later that afternoon. Oops. Anyway, its going great!!

Hello, Happy running. I've not been able to run for two weeks because of surgery, but hopefully this week I will be back. The sun is shining.

Last week in Ireland

I am just starting my last week here on the Emerald Isle. It is surprising that I have been here for about 23 months now. I am pretty excited to be moving somewhere new however. As for running, I have been a little under the weather but managed to run a 9 miler on Friday and 3 on Saturday. Hopefully with the rest today I will feel great and ready to go on Monday. I plan on doing 2 medium to long runs during the week before I move, and possibly another one when I get to London Saturday. Then I will have plenty of time to run around Hyde park since it is only 1/2 mile from my new place. Whoop!

Back to Dublin

I am back from my European trip and back to Running. I ran 8.3 miles today with some friends from work. It is nice to have people to run with again. I wish I had taken mom's advice and ran in the countries that I visited, but alas, I did not. Oh well, it was a good break and I am starting up strong again! Prague is a very beautiful city that is set up perfectly with the river and a small hill with a castle on it across the river. Vienna and Budapest were also really cool in different ways. I had some good goulash and a couple of schnitzels over weekend to feel as much like a local as I could!