My apologies for being so nonexistant with the site this year. Life has taken a few crazy turns and I haven't had the time to update and, to be honest, I haven't been racing and training like I was last year.
I'm still running - but due to other things going on in life, running has taken a backseat to life. It happens and I'm ok with it.
I am happy to report though that I did do two races in April. With very little training (and I don't ever suggest anyone do this!!) Eryn and I ran our 2nd Half Marathon. She learned of it about 2 weeks before it happened so since we were already working on longer weekend runs we went for it. She finished with an impressive time under 2:30. I was around 2:45 due to some issues on the course but I was happy to be done and receive my medal. I'd like to do another one in the future but that will depend on when and where I am at that point in time.
The Half Marathon included a 5k which one of my awesome staff members ran. It was her first 5k and I was so proud to be there to see her when we crossed and hear about her time. Great feeling!
Last weekend a few of my staff, myself and Eryn ran the "Race Against Racism" 5k in town. I ran the 1st one last year so it was nice to be at the 2nd with more people. Many of my girls ran and some walked up until I made them run across the finish line. : ) I was like a proud momma. They were great! I hope that they now realize a 5k is nothing and they will do more in the future (as well as encourage others). Time will tell.
Sadly, after my Half Marathon on Easter weekend I received news that one of my favorite students had passed away in a car accident. A great deal of April has been spent mourning her loss and doing what I can help to comfort my staff and students dealing with her loss.
I am hopeful things will be on an upswing soon this summer and I'll be back to updating and running like I used to soon. Phoebe will be my summer running buddy since Eryn graduates this Sat!! Going to be going through a lot of changes in the near future but running will be there to keep me sane and I'm thankful for that. ; )
I'm still running - but due to other things going on in life, running has taken a backseat to life. It happens and I'm ok with it.
I am happy to report though that I did do two races in April. With very little training (and I don't ever suggest anyone do this!!) Eryn and I ran our 2nd Half Marathon. She learned of it about 2 weeks before it happened so since we were already working on longer weekend runs we went for it. She finished with an impressive time under 2:30. I was around 2:45 due to some issues on the course but I was happy to be done and receive my medal. I'd like to do another one in the future but that will depend on when and where I am at that point in time.
The Half Marathon included a 5k which one of my awesome staff members ran. It was her first 5k and I was so proud to be there to see her when we crossed and hear about her time. Great feeling!
Last weekend a few of my staff, myself and Eryn ran the "Race Against Racism" 5k in town. I ran the 1st one last year so it was nice to be at the 2nd with more people. Many of my girls ran and some walked up until I made them run across the finish line. : ) I was like a proud momma. They were great! I hope that they now realize a 5k is nothing and they will do more in the future (as well as encourage others). Time will tell.
Sadly, after my Half Marathon on Easter weekend I received news that one of my favorite students had passed away in a car accident. A great deal of April has been spent mourning her loss and doing what I can help to comfort my staff and students dealing with her loss.
I am hopeful things will be on an upswing soon this summer and I'll be back to updating and running like I used to soon. Phoebe will be my summer running buddy since Eryn graduates this Sat!! Going to be going through a lot of changes in the near future but running will be there to keep me sane and I'm thankful for that. ; )
