Taking Stock

"When you discard arrogance, complexity, and a few other things that get in the way, sooner or later you will discover that simple, childlike, and mysterious secret known to those of the Uncarved Block: Life is Fun."~Ben Hoff, Tao of Pooh

I've been in sort of a funk these past few days, but not necessari9ly in a bad way, I suppose, its just that there has been quite a bit going on. The time changing (nice), the weather has been pleasant (good), school has been productive (okay), preparing for coaching Indoor Track and Field at my school has continued (exciting, but mucho work), and most importantly, Anne is back home from the hospital (very good)... and let's not forget the election, from which I'm experiencing severe CNN over-dose.

Training, running, racing has not even been on the radar, though I have made some half-hearted attempts of getting back to it.

Now that my commitment to the Rochester Runner of the Year races has been met (so that I "qualify" for whatever), and I won't be running in this weekend's ultra marathon (too little time, too few miles) my training has taken on a haphazard form (which is to say it is "formless")mostly, I suspect, because I have had no specific race to look toward. I could just pick any old marathon or ultra and "plop" it on the calendar, but once Indoor Track & Field practices begin next week, in addition to my coaching classes, I'm uncertain as to just how much I'll be able to do and when.

It's not easy being an "Uncarved Block," but, again, I really don't mean to sound as though I'm complaining, I feel very, I don't know, "blessed?" I'm just taking stock, is all.

Back to running, I need to give it some thought as what I have been doing recently (just kind of setting out for a run with no real goal) has not been "working" for me very well. I have signed up for a charity 5k for this weekend. It will be held in the community I teach in and one of my current students had mentioned he would be running in it. I hold little hope of placing (especially with ten year age groups), but am looking forward to "representing."

Beyond that, who knows? I claim no goal except recognizing that life IS fun...