Pining for the Fjords

Did you read my race report  about the 5K?  This blog will make a whole lot more sense if you do. When last I blogged, I was ecstatic to finish the Aquarium of the Pacific 5K, and Chris and I were headed to the OC to visit Dad and Risa in their new house. Chris and I on race morning... let's see how this goes! We made it to their new digs in Villa Park without issue and enjoyed seeing how the moving in was going - anyone who has ever moved will understand what I mean when I say that while they've been sleeping in the new place for a month or two now, the unpacking is still very much...in process.  Although there are still some things to do (ah, home ownership), the new spot looks great, and the view is killer: The view during the day... ...and the same view, but at night Dad and Risa have lots of bird feeders hanging off the front porch area, and they have tons of visitors to them. After visiting with Dad and Risa for a bit, we all headed out to a local burger spot to gra...

Back when we lived in the LBC, I had the opportunity to run the Long Beach Marathon and Half Marathon weekend events a few   times , and I was lucky enough to have the chance to participate in them again in early October! I am not in this picture, but it's a great header for the blog entry. Around the end of June, I was sitting at home, starting to get a bit antsy about my relative lack of fitness, needing some motivation to get off my rear, when I pondered the idea of signing up for yet another half marathon.  As I think I've mentioned before on the blog, I'm best when I'm following a workout schedule, and for me, training for a half marathon fits well into our lifestyle; to me, that distance feels like a tough but attainable goal, and I don't have to commit my entire life to it, like I would for a full marathon.  Since I figured I'd want to do roughly a 12-16 week training plan leading up to a race, that put my target run date somewhere in early October.  The ...