No Wal-Mart Month, 8-10.

September 8th - Took Lisa and Adam out to Mendon for the SummerFest Races put on by YellowJacket and FleetFeet.  Lisa won her age group...again!  Adam ran a 1/4 mile kids race, and ran the whole time!  We stopped at Wegmans on the way home (yay Wegmans!) and picked up some fresh fruit (ever had Kiwi Berries?  Cool little guys...).  Then I went to a parade in Hamburg, played sousaphone, and came home.

September 9th - Had a great time at church.  Quick trip to the local Sav-A-Lot, then came home, and put in a lot of work around the house, garage, and shed.  Took about 5 hours!  

September 10th - First Monday back to school.  Adam LOVES kindergarten.  Did I say that already?  Today he had art class, and came home with a blue dot on his nose, and a masterpiece on his paper!  Just before leaving school, I got a call saying that mine and LIsa's new glasses were in, so we traveled to LeRoy (we don't give up good practitioners, no matter the distance) to pick them up.  

The New Specs...

We stopped at Arby's on the way home (way better than other fast food...I always get salads, and theirs always taste good).

So 10 days, and we are doing fine.  Really enjoying trying to find other ways around getting what we need.

In other news, yesterday was supposed to be my first day back running.  I was going to go after school, but we went and got our glasses.  I was then going to go when we got back, after Adam was bathed and dressed (it was my turn), but on the way to get our glasses I started getting a SERIOUS tickle in my throat.  By the time we got to the eye doctors, I was sneezing, my nose was running, and my throat hurt.  That would make for quite an uncomfortable run...

So....I canned it.  And I have come to the realization, that maybe I shouldn't do a marathon this year.  All these little things, pointing me to that conclusion.  I kept thinking I needed to do a marathon, because people were expecting me to.  But that was my own pride and ego talking.  It's not like I needed to prove I could do one.  I just wanted (and still do, really) to do a faster one.  But I think God is leading me elsewhere at this point.

My mates and I have been facilitating a Run for God program at our church.  We have been training up some others to do a half-marathon, and they have been doing really well.  I have been asked by a local pastor (not my pastor) to see if I could come up with a program for a conference.  So, ya know, maybe this running thing has never been about me.  (Isn't that what I've been saying to others all along?  I guess I just never told myself that).

So, no marathon this year for me.  There.  It's official.  I am just going to concentrate on the half marathon, supporting my fellow trainees, and maybe do some other short races and work on speed for the rest of the fall.  Then I need to make sure I maintain a base over the winter (that was my downfall this year I think).  Then who knows what next season will bring...(?)