On we go....

Dream barriers look very high until someone climbs them.

Then they are not barriers anymore.

Lasse Viren

You might wonder about today's picture.....you see in a few days I will attempt to run my very first half marathon...yup....21k....that's right...21k...it feels like a very BIG number in my head (and in my legs, heart and stomach!!) and I have been working towards this goal for sometime now.  I decided in November to take the plunge and sign up for the half marathon and since then I have been trying to get my head around it, you see, the half marathon is something that scares and excites me all at the same time.  It is something I don't really think I can do and so the thought that I actually might be able to do it keeps me wanting to try.  I am so attracted to the feeling of what I will feel and think once I conquer what I never thought I was capable of. 

I only started running about a year and half ago...I have done 5ks and 10ks and this summer I will be trying my first triathlon - at the try and tri level....but the half marathon feels like a big deal...it feels unique....impossible...possible...hard....mental....heart aching....all at the same time.

The wrinkle is that in the last month of training, I have been rather sick, colds/flu/streph throat (that was last week and this past weekend) and also my darling babies have been rather sick, so I am not in the physical or mental place I had hoped I would be.  I am off my training schedule as sickness kept me from completing some of the weeks.  So it is even more of a "I don't know if I can really do it" phenomenon.   Wish me luck....I am going to need it....

In case you are wondering...the picture is of my youngest darling running to the end of the driveway to leave a water bottle for me as I will be running by the house at the 11k mark to refill my water bottle.....boy she is awesome!  I hope I can run the half marathon with the same kind of smile on my face that she has....

 

Oh and for those of you who are runners and think that a half marathon is no big deal....you are right too.....just remember to show the dreamers like me some love......

Family Day



We had the chance to celebrate an extra loooonnnggg weeeknd here and it was fantastic!!!!  Extra time together, no work, no schedules....awesome!  We decided to engage in some winter fun, family style, with friends.  We skiied, did some sledding, got warm by the fire, swam in the extra large bathtub and enjoyed each other.  The weather gave us the true winter experience - temperatures dipped into the -20 range and the wind could only be described as biting!

The weekend ended much too soon........