Back in it

OK so I never updated my blog when I ran the marathon over a year ago in October 2008! Summary: It went well. I didn't quite make my goal of 4:30:00 but finished pretty close thereto (4:33:12-ish) and I blame the bathroom break at mile 8 (and the heat, and the blister that popped at mile 18). Yeah... anyway I finished and felt good afterwards, and was all pumped up for a life full of regular running and races and fitness and excitement... and then... I re-discovered how nice it is to not have to get up to run 10 miles in the morning before work, and I fell prey to the obscene comfort of the couch that James and I share, which we have lovingly dubbed "the red cloud" due to its extreme comfort.

Fast forward to today, a year and 3-ish months after the Chicago marathon that I ran, and I've probably not run a total of more than 50 miles in the whole time. Pathetic! I even signed up for the 2009 Chicago marathon, only to bail on training (blaming, of course, life circumstances which really should not have prevented me from putting one foot in front of the other).

But it is a new year, bound to be a better year than the last (how could it not), and my passion for running has returned! Ah the triumphant glow of the New Year's resolution. I will bask in it now, thank you very much. Give me at least a month before you say it has fallen the way of past resolutions. I was busy last weekend, and the first few days of a new year don't count right?

No, I'm serious. I've renewed my CARA membership, and signed up for the Shamrock Shuffle and a 10-miler in April. And I've already updated this blog, see, and I plan to update it regularly on all things running-related, which actually includes much more than just getting out there and running. Well we'll see how it goes. All I know is that I watched a Nova show about marathoners last night, and it made me literally twitch with desire to put on shoes and go for a jog.

So, that's a good sign.