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Sunday, September 27, 2009

Another 5K...

Yes, it's been a couple weeks since my last post. Not much has changed...I'm still dealing with ankle issues, trying to figure out what works best for it. I tried taking it easy for a couple weeks, but it seems that my ankle actually looks and feels better when I'm running. This week, I've run twice, with plans to do the long run this evening...I did run a 5K this weekend, always love those...this one was tougher than the last one, lots of hills, and my time wasn't what I hoped it would be. I'll post the official time once the official race results have been tallied, but it's about 30:30. It was still fun, and it really helped to inspire me to keep going. I've been a little down about training since my ankle started acting up...but this race helped me to remember why I'm doing this, that it's all worth it, and my ankle has been doing a lot better recently, so...I'm back in the game!
In other news, found out that someone in the same area is training for the same 1/2 marathon in Vegas! I'm excited to meet one of my national teammates in person, hopefully in the next couple weeks.
My training is definitely on track at this point, I'm excited about that part of it. Seems the difficult part for me will be the fundraising. I'm not excited about my progress to this point...it's mostly my fault, I've only posted the website address and handed out a few flyers. I'm going to try to do some catch-up this weekend, with some emails and letters, hopefully I can pull it together. Wish me luck!

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