Change comes with time

I'm not even sure how long it has been since I last updated. To sum everything up, I've been busy with ending my internship, moving to Lubbock, starting school and now looking for a job. I wasn't sure I wanted to even continue the blog but I realized that I really do love sharing what I know with people. I felt like I was running out of new information to write these long posts, but I realized a few of things; 1) The posts do not have to be so lengthy, 2) I don't have to press myself to come up with things daily and 3) I am taking a Sports Nutrition class this semester so I'm sure to have a lot of information to post.

As for training, I'll just leave that to be whatever as of right now. I'm still wanting to do the marathon, I'm nervous however about over training. I just ordered new shoes (I needed them DESPERATELY) because I could feel these getting crappier with every run, which is just asking for a plantar fasciitis flair up. Here's the new game plan; train in one month (officially) for the marathon. If I don't have the time, or I start to feel like my foot is giving in, I'll stop. I get daily e-mails from runnersworld.com and this one had the headline of  "Train for a Marathon in 1 Month" so I opened it and thought it looked like something I'd not yet tried. There are two catches -- it is one month yes, but you start at 12 miles. So officially, it'll be 1 month but I'll be getting up to 12 miles (or sustaining) until the official training start date. The second catch is that they say your only goal with this plan is to finish without any expectations. That is the hard one for me because I like to set a goal and surpass it (my goal being to beat the 4 hour mark). But, my first goal was to finish the marathon so I better just stick to tackling that one until I know I can do it without injury. If however, this does not work out, I will run the half marathon and call it good. From then, I'll be sticking to mostly triathalons once I get better at swimming laps without stopping.

The Happiness Project is a GREAT book and I highly recommend it to everybody:) I feel like I may have mentioned that in my last post, but regardless it deserves to be said again.

I am VERY READY for fall! I love the sunshine and all that it brings, but fall is oh-so cozy and I'm ready for the boots, jeans, ski trips, running in my northface pull over, snow, red noses, and football games where you won't sweat your buns off:)

"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance."

-Alan Watts