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Did someone turn off Summer?
By Kevin | October 26, 2009
Watching the snow falling today (not the first day of snow this month) made something click for me: it’s not summer anymore! What happened to all my good intentions of building up my mileage again for a fall/winter marathon? My motivation has been “re-routed” to new discoveries and experiences with my kids, two new jobs, trying to support Bethany in her new job, a family vacation to Italy, and countless other paths.
It’s been a good and full summer…and it happened without running…almost none at all! AND, my summers from here on will be quite different now that Bethany and I are both working in schools. Bethany will be completely off, and I’ll be on 100% flex-time. My brain is already spinning ideas of how many fun family adventures we can cram into next summer. Admittedly, I’m also thinking of how many marathons I could fit into next summer! Okay, really honestly, I’m wondering if it’s enough of a workload-lightening to make my Ironman dream a reality?
I know, all this sounds pretty selfish, eh? I guess there’s some truth to that, although I’m totally convinced that I’m a better husband, father, son, brother, friend, neighbor, and employee when I’m running and training. Hmmm…
So, anyway, who’s ready for some skiing?
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October 27th, 2009 at 12:18 am
The Italian Alps are nice this time of year for some skiing