Dear reader,
I apologize for my absence. It's been due to my work blocking this website, lots of visitors and then lots of travel. All these things have culminated in me slacking off from blogging, but fear not, I can report that I've still been running a minimum of 2x per week. Because of the visitors and travel these runs have not been long. At their shortest they've been 2.5 miles and longest around 5... this means even though I've been running, I've been slacking (I've also let myself walk during portions of the run - boo!). Last week I returned from NYC on a red-eye Tuesday morning and realized I have a 1/2 marathon in 3 weeks - yikes! So Tuesday evening after work I laced up my shoes and made a mental agreement to run only 5 miles if I didn't stop. During the run I was sleepy and hungry, so I wanted it to be over with and I wanted to not have to run further by stopping. Then Thursday I ran 11.3 miles with minimal stopping. I took Friday -Sunday off due to an action packed Ukraine trip and then ran the same 11.3 miles yesterday with also very few stops. I'm running extreeeeeeeeemely slow, but I'm logging the miles and (I'll keep telling myself) this is what counts. I guess we'll see next Friday (Estonia 1/2 marathon!)
In the nearly 2 months since I've written, a lot has gone down both personally and Boston-wise. I would be remiss if I didn't mention the horrible Boston bombings on a running blog (and I'm sure most of you readers know I lived in Boston before moving to Amsterdam). I followed the media circus around the Marathon bombings with a fervor I've never before had for news. I feel horrible for those injured/killed in the bombings and bummed about what the bombings will do to all future running events - they will never be the same. Every race both spectators and runners will have a moment where they think "could that happen at this event?" and security will need to be stepped up at every race just in case. Racing has changed forever...
On a much more cheerful note, I've done a ton of travel (ski trip in Austria, weekend in Brugges/Gent, Poland, NYC, and Ukraine) and had a ton of visitors (Aunt Marie, Uncle Bob, Katie, Uncle Nick, Amy, Jen). It's been a busy two months. Here are some photo highlights - for more see Facebook or Google+
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| Skiing in Austria |
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| Castle in Ghent, Belgium |
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| Uncle Bob and Aunt Marie |
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| Uncle Nick and Amy |
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| Jen, Wendy, Marc on the boat! |
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| Warsaw, Poland |
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| Davey & Salua wedding (NYC) |
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| Kiev |
Will report soon!
Liz
