I'm always loathe to start out by talking about the weather but right now it's truly awful. Big storm hitting California..... weirdly though every time I've had to commute on the 17 it's cleared and been event free, which is a near miracle given the chaos on the roads! It's been raining for about 5 days, it never rains for five days here - it's reminding me of Wellington on those dark winter days, although the wind is less relentless here. All this dreary weather is making me depressed, California has made me soft - where's my sun???
To cheer myself up I've signed up for the
Country Music Nashville 1/2 Marathon in April. What makes this fab is that all along the course there are bands playing....country music, signing up has made me ridiculously happy. They have a rock equivalent but, you know, I love country music! Even better I know people who are going (which finally prompted me to signup). Lila, who I house sat for in San Jose last year and is on my team, her husband, daughter and a cousin are all signed up, so I will at least know some folks to have a drink with post the event. I've spent the evening registering, finding a hotel and checking out flights....long way to Nashville!
My "other" race is also looming - Feb 7 is my first half marathon in San Francisco. I ran 12 miles the other day and the half is 13.1 so I just need to do 14 this week and I will feel set to give it a good shot. Case has done a fine job of preparing me and Michelle is coming along to cheer me on. It's around Golden Gate Park and there will be thousands of people in it, so very different from my Marin 6 miler. M and I are going to stay in San Fran overnight and I expect I'll be just as nervous as I was for Marin, but with a better idea of how it all works.
I've also gone back to acupuncture, trying to make sure my gimpy leg doesn't let me down. So far it's been good and I'd like to keep it that way, acupuncture will help.
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