I'm Back!

Saturday: 1st ever cyclocross race, 9 mile race. 1st place in Womens 4. OMG!

Sunday: trail run in Queeny 4 miles, then 2nd CX race in Antire Park. 10 mile race. I think 8th place out of 21. Awesome!


I'm not sure if anyone else besides me reads this or not. But just in case, here's a brief run-down of why I've been gone so long. It will also help to remind me later of why I quit typing in here.


One week to the day after IM I fell and was injured. Injury has got to be about the hardest thing to deal with for us. It was especially hard because I was just feeling good enough again to go for a run or ride that weekend to continue the high I felt after finishing the race. It's awful hard to go from 15-20hrs a week to 0 hours a week, just like that.


I'd started some posts, thinking it would be good to track the recovery process. But they all tended to go negative. I'd lament the fact that I couldn't even ride the bike on the trainer. I'd wallow in fear of long-lasting or permanent injuries. It just got bad, so I decided to take an extended break.


Turns out, that was the best thing to do. I'd log any runs or ride, but not here. I wouldn't call it training, it was just a run. No Garmin, no goals, no reason other than fun. I'd been looking forward to this all summer, so it was funny that once injured the last thing I wanted to do was sit still!

My goal was to be recovered by my birthday--today! Happy Birthday to Me!!