Somehow I’ve completed the past 3 weeks’ assignments significantly early and been able to focus on upcoming papers, assignments, discussions, etc. Either a course on human resource management is easier than expected or I’m doing something wrong. The grades are good so I’ll just keep riding this wave. When there’s time to sit outside in the evenings and watch the hummingbirds – if the word balance truly exists, this is what I imagine it looks like.
In the spirit of healthy competition, I started a 10k training plan with no clear race or run in sight. Granted, it will conclude mid-June so there’s nooooooo way I’m racing anything then, but it’s fun having a scheduled training run to look forward to. If only the weather would cooperate. I’ve also been using the Garmin workout/training builder. Wow. Those workouts are no joke. Even the 15 min ones will have you questioning your life decisions. Perhaps I should have been using this tool much longer.
Even though I have textbooks a plenty, I went a little overboard with reading/desiring to read just-for-fun books. So now I have 3 sitting nearby that I can’t wait to complete and I might have ordered another. Whoopsies! Non-fiction has really drawn me in lately. Typically, (previously) I only read fiction but something about true or historically-based real life stories just hits me. And who can overlook an incredible woman’s journey to the Boston starting line.
Finally, I probably say this each year, I don’t know how my baby is celebrating another birthday. I swear she was a newborn yesterday. She’s bright, talented, loving, hilarious, and well-spoken. She outsmarts people so skillfully I don’t believe its normal. She argues like an accomplished law team. And, occasionally, she still calls me mommy instead of mom. Time flies.
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I ask you –
What books(s) are you reading right now?
Are you training for anything? Just survival.
Tell me if your birthday has passed yet or if it’s upcoming!
(The post Peaceful Moments & Planning to Run first appeared here at Running on Fumes.)
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Your daughter sounds awesome! Happy birthday to her.
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Thank you! I’m a little biased, but I think she is, too!
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I’m on my library’s waiting list for Des’s book. I just finished Kara Goucher’s book and just started Peter Attia’s book (he’s an MD and has a podcast called The Drive, if you’re not familiar with him). It seems I’m on a non-fiction kick too!
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I heard Kara Goucher’s book was great – what did you think? I’ll check out The Drive, too!
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It was full of some pretty bad things that happened to her. It’s terrible what she had to go through. Not exactly an uplifting and inspiring read but one that needed to be written.
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Sometimes the most difficult things to read (or write) is exactly what it takes to further change.
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Right. And so much change is needed.
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I didn’t know that this tag was your blog. Neat!
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Haha, yes. I’m a writer with a running addiction!
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Nothing wrong with that! Running probably serves as a great way to collect your thoughts and letter put the pen to pad, or finger to keyboard in 2023. Lol
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Nothing wrong with that! Running is a great chance to collect your thoughts.
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