ask yourself: how did i get here

i’m back!

sort of.

my other project, as it turns out, will remain private:)  it’s keeping me sane though!

in the meantime…

i’m plotting my next steps…colorado, i hope you’re not in my tootoo distant future.

moving on…

friends…it’s been about a year since i’ve been active on here. really, truly active.  maybe more, actually.  probably has lots to do with the fact that i’ve been working. and enjoying it. and it’s filled more than whole work days each day.  what started as a fun project, became a sonewhat of a chore. not because i don’t love it here, but because i don’t have 40 hours in a day. i wish i did.  think of all the great things i could accomplish!

i actually went back to a paper journal, if you can believe that.  and blogging privately on occasion. mostly for myself.  i’ve been working on a new project though. also for myself, but i’ll likely take the lock off soon bc I do enjoy the community that is the interwebs. 

here’s hoping your corner of the interwebs is warm and cozy (or breezy with the lovely gift of AC depending on where you live).

cheers,
annejuliet

good morning, world!

this morning, i woke up to a GORGEOUS day.  comfortably tucked in, sunshine pouring in, fresh air wafting from every window and door.  it’s exactly what i love in a day —> 50s/60s, blue skies, sunshine and a breeze. it’s exactly the kind of day my mom would have loved. the kind of day she would have burst into my room on and busted open my shades, smiling and (loudly) welcomed into my room. (not a horrible way to wake up. not at all)

it make me miss mom, but it makes me celebrate her.  i can’t help it.  and it makes me enter the day with such positivity its almost nauseating. even to me. i love today.  for no reason other than it’s a lovely day.  what a great day to be alive!

i hope you have a great day:)

running mojo

nothing like spring weather to motivate me.  i woke up this morning, mid-taper for next week’s marathon, but itching to run. honestly, i thank roosk one million times over again for any progress i’ve made running this training season. for the mere act of training at all. she is the sole reason i (hopefully) will be starting next saturday. i had no motivation  whatsoever.  none.  literally, the only reason i got out there for long runs and any mid-week runs that happened over the past three months, was the commitment i made to her to toe the line on march 17th.  i mean, i wanted to finish. i have for ages (7 years to be exact).  i just had zero motivation.  i’m not sure what the root of that is. it could be that i just didn’t want another fail (lucky no. three?).  another DNS. another indicator that ironman wasn’t in my deck of cards.

but here we are, a little over a week out, and i feel awesome. thanks roosk!  (i mean, THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY SWEATY HEART) we are all over 26.2.  all. the fuck. over it.

and as my confidence and motivation returned, so has my ‘love’ for running.  and actual, honest-to-goodness desire to get out the door and run. often. so much so that my self imposed, no back-to-back running days rule sort of kills me at the moment. it does make me more excited for run days. and speed. i can’t wait to start challenging myself in ways other than adding distance. i want to maintain the endurance, but i want my speed back. i was never super speedy, but i did have a brief love affair with speed.  we broke up about 2 years ago, but i’m thinking a reconciliation is in our very near future.  

taper meant a shorty this morning. well, taper and a hujass fear of injury at this stage of the game have me keeping my mileage super low this week and next. and it was shorts weather. SHORTS. and a sleeveless shirt and there was still liquid awesome dripping off me by the bucket load.  so, so happy.  i felt like a kid.  3.5 miles, running fast, no headphones, and sweat.  glorious. GLORIOUS!