So this happened…
(Yes, folks, it’s official, I will add back the “running” into this running blog, woot!)
But that confirmation was not before I went through almost an hour and a half of this…
And this…
And this…
And some of this…
And a lot of this….
At the end, I wasn’t successful (and both Karl and I were trying from our respective computers), but my friend Angela was in getting me in. (Thanks, Angela!)
So it’s official: in two months (!!!), we move back to the States, I will rejoin my running group, and will start training for the marathon. (It will be my third marathon, my second MCM.)
I’m not going to lie: I’m really really nervous about it. I still have strict instructions that I cannot exercise (my body rejected my stitches from childbirth so my recovery has not been easy), so I don’t even know when I’ll be ok to start running again. And being stuck at 9lbs above my pre-pregnancy weight, which was already 15lbs above my marathon training weight, I know it’ll make things harder. Plus, the knee pain that showed up in my third trimester is still there… And my feet are a constant source of issues since I was training for Chicago.
But Karl promised to watch Elena while I go for training runs, and enough of my friends signed up that I’ll have company for training.
I can do this!
I can do this, right?
I really hope I can do this.
Wish me luck.
