Catching up...

Wow I made it back from the dark side but it felt like forever.  I got sick then got sick again just when I thought I was getting better.  I went 8-9 days (lost track of time) without a single workout!!!!  The most I could do was walk the dog for a mile and a half.  One day I tried pulling weeds and I passed out on the couch for 3 hours when I was done.  First I had a sore throat and was really tired then I got some kind of stomach virus and couldn’t eat for a few days then I got a full on head cold.  Of course work has been crazy and I have been working longer hours to try and make up for the 1 sick day I took.

So I started with a light weight lifting workout on Tues, yesterday I ran 1.7 miles with the dog on the running leash.  Today we’ll see I want to do a short run then a weight lifting workout.  This of course means I missed my 12 mile run that was scheduled for last Sat.  I’m going to attempt to do that this weekend and hopefully I’ll be back on track for my ½ marathon training!

So apparently my dad has successfully signed us up to volunteer as photographers for the 2011 IM AZ and had them put us on the preferential registration list for 2012 IM AZ.  I’m all about volunteering and think it will be fun but to be honest I really had no desire at this time to do another IM.  But if he REALLY wants to do this and he wants me there with him then there is no way I can let him down.  But he still has to make sure he is up for the training.  I keep asking him if he’s tried running a mile yet.  I know he is doing well getting back on the bike trainer but so far there have only been hikes no running.  So we’ll see how that goes I will keep you guys posted on if we actually sign up or not!  I’m a little nervous about all that.  Especially because of the timing of when I would be ramping up my training at a time that would be very difficult (I’ll explain in a minute….)

Lastly on the home front there has been all kinds of craziness there too!!!  We just found out that the fiancee is getting deployed, the thing is he hasn’t received his official orders so we have been going back and forth on what to do.  Well, we’ve decided to get married over Labor Day weekend! 

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!   

I know it will just be a courthouse thing and it will just be our two families but it will be a full house and I just barely got use to the idea of being engaged.  We were going to do it anyway and it all makes sense as far as for his deployment but it’s still a little scary.  This also explains the above comment about IM training he would be returning right around the time I will start disappearing for full day workouts on the weekends!

How about you guys?  I have a lot of catching up to do on your blogs!  What has thrown you off your training plan in the past and how did you get back on track?  What has helped you make difficult decisions when it comes to deciding whether to enter a race or not?