Like coming back home...

So, I tried blogging here, I tried blogging there, and everywhere and in the end, I like blogging here.  So, I'm back.  I still will keep my cooking blog separate because I like having a purposed blog and also a blog like this that just lets me ramble on. Just feels like home.  :-)

Life right now, in this moment, is pretty darn good.  I feel like I'm in a good place.  Love that I have a fantastic hubby who just gets me.  Even in those moments of insecurity, doubt, fear and even anger...he knows how to say what I need to hear.  And, although my kids can make me want to pull out my hair, having both of them around me makes my heart happy.  Last year was so tough that I never want to go through anything like that again.  I love my kids more than I could ever convey to them in words.  I'll just leave it at that. 

But to say that I've been sitting around thinking all lovey-dovey, gushy thoughts about life is not true.  We have been busy planning out new adventures to accomplish this coming year!  Troy is going to do a triple crown run on the same day I'm running my first marathon at White Clay State Park in Newark, DE.  The triple crown will be a few miles short of my marathon, but I think more challenging because it's three races in succession...a half-marathon, a 10k and then a 5k.  More power to him!  I am excited and nervous about my first marathon - excited because I know I can do it but nervous because it's 26.2 MILES!  Just thinking about it makes me feel a little woozy.  And then, just to keep things interesting, we're headed to Richmond, VA two weeks - yep, two whole weeks - after the marathon day to do the Cap2Cap century ride!  So, not only are we marathon training all winter but we're bike training all winter too AT THE SAME TIME!  Gotta find some way to keep the motivation going, I suppose! 

So, tonight was my first time on the bike trainer in a few months.  I did 5 miles and was pretty happy with myself.  Heck, only 95 more and I got this in the bag!  We did a metric century over the summer so I know I can do it, just the combination of the marathon while bike training gets me a little nervous.  My massage therapist, Shana,  just loves how I drag my abused body into her every month already after running after the kids, running after the dogs and just running in general. She's practically forbidden me from ever doing another nighttime trail run.  I can't wait til I get to hatch this plan to her tomorrow night! 

I did mention to Troy that the bright side of all of the training is we just need to hone up on the swimming and we'll be ready for that Tri I've been batting around in my head (oh, and out loud to him,  he's a lucky guy!) so it's all just banked training for the next event. 

So my training plan for this week:
Monday - Massage night so pretty much a rest night.  Maybe some gentle yoga/pilates
Tuesday - Run at least 3-4 miles and pray for a bit of light. 
Wednesday - Bike trainer.  I'd like 10 miles if possible.  And some light weight training.
Thursday - Neighborhood run loop - 5 miles only because it's puppy class night
Friday - Bike trainer most likely.  Depends on the time issue as always.
Saturday - 10K run for York Winter Series.  I hear there's hills and lots of them.  Woohoo.
Sunday - Rest probably.  Maybe some weights or a hike if we're up to it.

Best laid plans are set now.  Let's see how it goes!