Not sure quite what’s come over me lately that my posts have fallen off. I think part of it is that I’ve had some very stressful shifts at work lately with some very sick kids, and it’s hard to post about it here without violating confidentiality, so I just end up not posting.
I’m actually on a relatively easy rotation but I’ve been very busy with other things including trying to write two case reports, working with a plumber to install everything for a washer/dryer in our unit, trying to get my full license (so painful!), working with an advocacy group for our big end of year event, and trying to work on our garden/yard. Phew. In running news, I’m very proud to announce that my husband ran his first marathon (Boston!) a few weeks ago. It was tougher than he expected but he still did very well. Of course, now he wants to do even better. Within 10 minutes of finishing the marathon, he was trying to figure out which fall marathon he could do. And now he’s been talking about how precisely he can qualify for Boston. Poor boy, he’s got it bad…
My running has also been going well. I have a rather interesting training plan for this half I’m running on June 28th which involves a rather rapid increase in miles followed by a few easy weeks (during which my schedule makes lots of running impossible) and then a second ramp up before I finally taper. So, this means that I ran 12 miles for my long run last week. I’ve obviously run 12 miles many times before, but this was definitely one of the tougher times. Not sure why, other than it was fairly warm, and I didn’t have enough water. I actually stopped at a convenience store and bought gatorade which was very helpful. I’ve also been adding some speedwork which so far has consisted of tempo runs and striders. They’re actually pretty fun to do. I’ll probably throw in a few track workouts and hill work toward the end.
Amazingly, I’m nearing the end of my second year of residency which is pretty exciting. Sadly, next year won’t really be any easier than this year. In fact, it might actually be harder but I’m still looking forward to it. I get more responsibility which is always both fun and terrifying. What I’m most excited for at the moment is that I get two weeks of vacation at the end of this year, and I’m spending part of it in Ireland with my husband. Should be awesome!
