Crazy Busy Life

Ever feel like you just don’t have enough hours in the day?  Because I thought that after I got through The Kauai Marathon and home from the rest of the vacation in Hawaii and San Francisco.  When in fact…I’m pretty much spending every day like this…

Complete calm…and then panic.  Yep.  That pretty much sums it up.  I have promised a few blogs on products and places, but I just haven’t had the opportunity to really sit down and give the blog the attention that it deserves.

Let’s start with training these days…

I’m really not training for anything as of late.  I’m focusing a lot on my form and just making myself a better runner overall.  Slowing down is not easy for me, but I’m really, really, really trying.  That being said…speed work is back on the training plan.  And I did the same training run 2 weeks in a row, and failed to hit the pace my running coach assigned the first week…but nailed it this past Tuesday morning.  That was a good feeling.

I’m continuing with my spin classes…because it’s fantastic cross-training.  Eventually, I’d love to get up the nerve to clip back into my road bike and give that a go.  I’m just still working on getting over my vehicle-induced fall back in the summer.  So, for now…it’s a whole lot of this:

And, I’ve finally gotten around to incorporating the strength training into my weekly gym routine.  It’s only been…almost a year…since my physical therapist insisted I start doing this.  So…yeah…weights are slowly working themselves into my routine.  It’s not easy, because strength training doesn’t excite me.  I’m a cardio girl…and weights tend to not even make me crack a sweat, even while lifting heavy.  So…there is that…

AND…to top all of this off…my running has been pretty much shit since running the Kauai Marathon.  Hawaii sort of…killed me.  The hip has stopped hurting, but the ligament in my foot is still troubling me.  And…a friend of mine noted the limp-run I was doing back when I got my stress fracture last year was back.  Note that is why I am focusing more on form rather than speed (except on speed work days).  But, I find that while I physically feel okay (aside from the extra weight I wish I wasn’t carrying around right now…but it just won’t go away!) and capable, mentally I am struggling.  I find myself stopping more…crying more…and just having to talk myself through each run. This is where I really miss running with people.  It helps me.  It does.  It’s a big, big work in progress for sure.  I know this all takes time but…I’m so tired of it.

And…work has pretty much been insane since I got back from my trip.  Non-stop.  There are days I don’t get to take a full break because I have so much to do.  And there are days that work has had to come home…or that I’ve had to put in overtime just to make sure things that needed to get done.  Honestly, I would love to have a moment to just have some breathing space.  You know…where you can just sit for a moment and do something non-work related at work…

It’s good for the soul.

But these days, I feel like my workload should be decreasing, but it’s getting bigger.  I’m not really complaining. The job security is great, but I feel that so much of my day is spent doing this…

…non-stop…at the office…sometimes at home…

…while certain other person(s) are basically spending their day like this:

All that being said…I’m going to make a point to commit a bit more to this blog.  Because I love writing and I love writing here.  And I love all of you who read this and tune in…whether it’s a rant, a post on running, a recipe, a product, a restaurant…you guys are loyal and I love you.

For now, I do have a free evening free of…stressful stuff…so I’m off to watch Hell’s Kitchen!!

Because Gordon Ramsay makes everything better.  For realsies!!

I promise…new stuff is coming very soon!