I'm baaack!

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I've been debating about writing again for a while. It's been a long time and a lot has happened... a whole year has gone by. I fell out of love with blogging for a little while, it felt self indulgent, and with working, the pregnancy, and the lack of running, I just didn't want to talk about me anymore. I'm feeling a lot more like myself these days and the itch to write about my journey, especially when it comes to running, has returned... so here's an update:

Last October I ran (mostly walked) the Rock 'n' Roll Vancouver Cunningham Seawall 10k at 5 months pregnant and I had a blast!

A few months later I had a baby girl!

My last day pregnant :O

 And we became a family of 4! <3 br="">

I had another c-section so the recovery was slow, but 6 months later, I am finally starting to feel like myself again. I've worked my way back up to 14km+ and have lots of new goals. Running looks a lot different than it once did though; I am slower, and with 2 kids, my runs are often on the treadmill after 10:00pm, but they still happen, and that's what counts!

Stay tuned for some updated Fall race goals!

Happy Running :) 

What now?

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17 half marathons later and 3 weeks until my next race I am more than ready for a break from racing! Don't get me wrong I'll still be running and doing CrossFit but I'm going to be more relaxed about it for the next month. In July/August marathon training will really be ramping up and my distances are going to be getting longer and LONGER so there won't be time for a lot of rest.

Lots of times after races I sort of have to pause for a couple of days and consider "what now"? This year has been hard with a race almost every weekend I haven't been specifically training for each race but rather just trying to maintain... after my 13th half for 2013 on June 23rd I'll be completely focused on Marathon training and honestly I feel kind of relieved about the whole thing. As much as I've enjoyed the past 5 months I don't feel like I've been able to give it my everything at each race for fear of injury or not being able to run a race the following weekend. I can't wait to see what I can do putting my everything into training for the Surrey International World Music Marathon on September 29th!

Yesterday was National Running Day so in spirit of running just because it was a nice day to run I joined my local run club for a very toasty 7 kilometers:

Don't forget to enter the LockLaces Giveaway that ends tomorrow!

Do you feel like you should always be training for something specifically or do you enjoy a break now and then?