Who am I?
On Saturday's 10 mile run with my lovely Vane (coach, speed, crazy Nazi, love her) we were talking about how different we are. How much life has changed for both of us in the past 5 years.
I will never forget when I moved out to Milford, CT. I thought this was going to be great...uhmm I could have never been so wrong. Don't get me wrong, I love the fact that I was able to get out of Chicago, because I was starting to feel like my life was a routine and I was not happy about it. Let me explain ... I moved from Chicago, where I had all my friends . I knew where to go and( hello !) I lived in Chicago which is the second best place next to New York of course....and where did I end up moving to??? Uhmm Milford, CT. Lets just say I would love it if I was married with 2.5 kids , a puppy and 3 cars. Its a great place to live if you have a family. Not if you're 25 years old.
Needless to say my sorority sisters (GOD BLESS THEM) took me in all the time. I would drive to New York on a weekly basis, party my butt off and then drive home on Sunday. I didn't notice it then, but on Saturday I realized that I was super depressed during my time in CT. I gained almost 40 pounds which on a short cute little thing like myself does not look well at all!! My weekends were always great but then during the week I barely had friends, I mean I had work friends but I was only really close with a couple of them.
Anywho, as we ran and shared stories about the highs and the lows, I realized that I have come full circle. Looking back in 2006, when I started to run I would have never thought a Marathon was in my future...and here I am tapering my runs for my second marathon in Paris.
Life sometimes is so funny. You can start off so great, hit the lowest of the low and then when you least expect it life totally does a 180 on you and you're on top again. Vane, said something that has stuck with me since that run...this is MarathonMadrigal 3.0 . Your old software is not comparable so don't sweat it. Y ou will never be that person again. I know she is so right sometimes. It 's just nice to hear.
So to update you on my last runs...T wo weeks ago on the 21st I did my 20 mile run on my own, with no Garmin Watch no iPod. Just me the road and my thoughts. Which after my weekend, was actually great! I had a boy visit me and I don't know how I am feeling about him just yet....O.K. maybe I do. I'm just not ready to admit to anything just yet. Still my run was great.
Now with less then two weeks away we are tapering for our Paris Marathon!!! RoCk On PaRiS!!!
With Vane getting her Visa we are all good to go. I cannot wait to run through the streets of Paris and come back with updates.
I know that Paris is going to be my fun run, NY now that is where I will do my PR and mark my words I will ROCK IT OUT!!
Hope everyone is still running!!
