Just hanging around

I've been laying low this week. It was a rough one -- my grandmother passed away and we had her service on Monday. My mom is obviously upset and she's dealing with her own health issues. Work is work. I feel stressed out, overwhelmed, and tired. I haven't felt on top of my game this week but I guess that's understandable.

I did a 5K last week with some of the folks from MCCF. It was for charity, our entry fee was 25 canned goods so that was cool. I did horrible: 29 minutes and change. I was just not feeling it and the wind was wicked. Even though it was a sucky race for me it was great to see some members of Xfit do their very first 5K! Just like when we're in the box, as each person finished (the owner finished in 22 minutes!) we all lined up by the finish to cheer on the rest of our crew. I wish every race could be like that.

Here are the girls from MCCF on race day.



The Mudder is less than a month away and I'm freaking out. I guess my goal will be just to finish since I have no idea what I'm in for with pacing. We're doing this as a team. As long as we all finish then it's a success. They posted pictures from the Mudder that's happening this weekend in PA. You can see why my anxiety is rising.



I'm signed up for the Goofy Challenge now. I did it the day it opened and a few days later I had registration regret. It's not a race you want to regret signing up for either at $310. But today Disney posted this on FB and it got me kind of excited.



It's a long way away but I know it will be here before I know it. I'll officially go into training around June. As down as I've been on distance running and all the relentless training it will be very cool to cross the finish line twice in a weekend and to earn the coveted Goofy medal.

Until then, I'll just keep doing my thing and trying to improve my strength and my outlook on things. I'm here. I haven't given up.