But there it is, end of July and running is going well. Despite a lot of pressures that are being put on us. After my long 22.5 km run we visited my ill grandfather; it was immediately obvious that we were not visiting so much as saying goodbye; we stayed and 1025 that night he passed away, surrounded by so much family. It was expected but much sooner than we had thought it might be :( Cancer is a bitch.
Hence my week was all not what expected. Rather than the usual humdrum days, we had company, visited, spent time hanging out in a fueral home, my brother came home from Australia, my uncles came from across the country and the states.
I did run....Im following a new plan that I came across when I decided to do the Valley Harvest Marathon. It's a pretty simple plan, and I might lengthen the mid week runs a little, but I think it's solid and doable for me with the busier weeks to come. I am doing the Level 2 Beginner Plus schedule :) That's me, Beginner, plus.
So I had a long run on Sunday and rested on Monday after our very late Sunday night and the feeling of sadness that goes along with losing someone special :( On Tuesday I was looking forward to some alone time to think and had an early tempo run 8.5 km with warm up and cool down total time was 52:25. It was super hot and humid already at 7 am, like running through soup. I interviewed once again for my position at the college; I do so wish they would reword it so it is not a term position but rather a seasonal and I could stop interviewing!
Wednesday after Holly's soccer practice I had my mother drive home with Holly and I ran home with Holly's coach. We ran into Nick from Cross Country last fall and he ran with us for a couple of km, then we continued on to home and the soul sucking hill for 9.8 km in 57:25.
Ok back at the post; went out and lived a bit.
Thursday was a crazy get ready and go to funeral home for sad visitation which we do not completely understand....having people cry on you while the man in the box is on display :( But it was nice to see so many come to see Grampie :(
Friday; I selfishly went for a really early run before we had to do the funeral thing; 6.5 km in 40 minutes. Was hot hot hot.
The funeral was nice; I read a page, cousins took part as well, 6 grandsons were pallbearers, it was nice. My grandmother always keeps it together; but the look on her face throughout breaks my heart.
Friday afternoon was spent with family; evening we came back to Truro with mother and brothers and family and had a nice BBQ which went super well and we got to spend time with Cullen and hear about Trevor's adventures in Australia.
Saturday we were somewhat back to normal; Grammy was still visiting but was away all day and we stayed around and it was hot and nice and I did get in a nice 5 k run that was fast in the morning; 5 k in 28:20 and 5.6 in 33 minutes total.
Sunday the heat let up somewhat and although I would have loved a long run, I had to settle for Vetchecking a horse show, followed by yard work and a ball hockey game that night that, since I had not played since June, kicked my butt a lot.
On to the next week!
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