Refocused

It's been a month and a half since my last post, so I have to apologize to everyone for not following through on the blogging efforts. In reality, though, I've found new focus in the last two and a half weeks. I am making my weekly runs, and have had a much better attitude toward the whole thing. The marathon is only 30 days away!!! And, even better, I am confident I can do it! And so can Jaime! Tomorrow is an 18 mile run, so we'll see if I'm feeling so super after that.

A couple of things I wanted to say to everyone. First, thanks! Thanks to Heather and Ben for doing great with their running, even going for a big run on vacation. That was very encouraging. Thanks to Mom and Hannah for coming down to San Diego to support us at the end of the month! Mom buying the tickets cemented in my mind that there was no backing out of this thing. Thanks to BenWeb for not only doing track & field, but for dominating at it (pre-injury).

And a confession to Dave: I've fallen off the workout routine. I think that I won't resume it until after the marathon - I think one major goal is enough for now.

And a word of encouragement to everyone: it is completely normal to fall off the training wagon. I totally did for about 2 months. But I'm not discouraged anymore. To quote Zoolander,
Maury: What do we do when we fall off the horse? [long pause and no reply] We get back on the horse.
Zoolander: Sorry, Maury, I'm not a gymnast.
So, here's to us all being gymnasts and getting back on the horse when we fall off. Don't worry about falling behind schedule. Don't stress about what you haven't done. Just think about what you're going to do and do it.

And a plan. I think we should put this blog to rest after the half-marathon weekend in Seattle. It's been great and a good way to keep in touch, but I think that it's losing its luster. Maybe we can start a new blog, or something else creative afterward. But, just like Lost having an end date for next season has made it a more efficient show, so too will an end date to this blog make it a more useful tool over the next two months (I think).

And an apology. Ben Sather, I totally didn't mean to slight you in the "In Praise of" series. It just happened that I got caught up in law school decision making stuff when it was your turn. I'm going to make up for that in a minute.

And that's all. Here's to a great 2 months of Webster health!