*Whistles inconspicuously, as if I've been here posting the whole time...
So it's been a while since I last posted. And you know what? It felt f-ing great! This blog served its purpose last year, it kept me accountable, gave me an outlet, helped keep me focused. But it also got heavy. It weighed me down. Instead of feeling like a place to unload burdens, it became one - I suddenly felt obliged to write something 2 or 3 times a week, and felt guilty when I didn't.
That guilt went away after the first couple of weeks. It was a slow realization, that I wasn't REQUIRED to write anything. There were even times when I forgot the blog was here, times when I didn't care. I'm a grown ass man, I don't have to do anything I don't want to.
But I do want to write, I do want to get back to this blog. I think I needed time to adjust my point of view a bit, and also needed time to decide how to come back, how to begin again. Like an old friend that I've fallen out of touch with, how do you reach out and relight that fire?
It turns out my toe was broken, but still not a big deal. My consistency was shot to hell, I had a horrible sinus infection followed by being stuck in the field for a bridge inspection, so I had a stretch of a month where I only ran 5 or 6 times. I'm back on it now, but I've lost a lot of conditioning and my time has run out - no early half marathon this year, no big finishes in local races. Just a reduced schedule and a scramble to get in shape for it.
So business as usual...
