Oh wow, I suck.

Really?  I haven't blogged since May?  Oy, so sorry!  I guess life got in the way of writing and for that I apologize to you and to myself.  I'll try to recap the Sawtooth Relay (snowy, cold) and See Jane Run Half (better than last year) at a later date, but if I don't it's because I can't remember a whole lot more than what I just wrote in parenthesis.

Remember last November when I signed up for the Portland Half Marathon?  Yeah, well that's coming up in just about 2 weeks.  I got a training plan all lined up and started to get myself in gear to ramp up in mileage when I stubbed my toe on a boat dock and ripped my toenail off the nail bed. 

Ouch.  And do I ever mean OUCH. 

I stumbled around in my Chacos and a pair of decent at work and couldn't get a closed-toe shoe on my foot without breaking out in tears for two weeks. TWO WEEKS!  That means, no working out happened and certainly no running during that time frame.  To top it all off, the air quality here in Boise has been absolutely terrible due to forest fires nearby which makes running seems much less desirable.  Amazingly enough, I've managed to keep going on my long runs and last weekend pulled off 8.5 miles.  I planned to run 10.5 this weekend and 11.5 next weekend before the Portland Half the weekend after (I know, cutting it close) but I've changed that plan.  I did get 10.5 done today (Monday) before work but am noting now (for everyone all three of you to see) that I will never run that distance before work again unless I have been regularly running 10+ mile runs on a regular basis (like every weekend).  I was completely exhausted and felt absolutely worthless.  That being said, I might try to do another 10 miler next weekend but also might cut it down to 8. 

I might not have put in as many miles as I would like by now and I'm certainly nowhere near as fast as I was earlier this spring but when it comes to the event, my body will know what to do and I have to trust that.