So I came home from work feeling a little tuckered out after a long commute home. I had intended to go for a 10km recovery run, but decided it was better to be prudent and rest following the race and flu, and take it easy. So I will admit, when getting settled in, there was a nice discovery when sorting through the mail. It was a letter from Hopkinton.
I will admit that I had checked out the Boston Marathon website, that I could expect to receive my bib number packet around April 4th. It was nice to receive the Welcome booklet with all of the necessary details for my journey to Boston.
The past few weeks have really been a full-circle time for me. After all, it was the First Half two years ago, when I so badly injured my left hip, that I truly doubted if I ever ran again. I had to take 12 full weeks off from any activity because the pain so was so intense. Thankfully, I found the right people who helped me with treatment (yay Jenn @ Moveo with ART!) to get me back on track. Then, just last February, I finally achieved the goal that I had obsessed to achieve for years, finally qualifying for Boston. I couldn't believe how much I could cry at completing my 17th marathon, but qualifying certainly brought on the tears. Finally, revisiting Birch Bay this past weekend with the 30km really made it feel full circle, with running along the same course that helped get to this place, final preparations for Boston. It feels quite surreal. So that's my bit about Boston...
On other details, I am starting to get things organized for life after Boston. Namely, changing up the training to prepare for the Oliver Half IronMan in June. Have I done anything yet for training in the other two disciplines??? Uh, that would be a no. So hopefully I can start getting on the bike and get some swims in sometimes in the next couple of weeks. I can dream, right?
The other detail I started working on, was volunteering at IronMan Canada. I have decided that since I am bankrupting my race budget for this year with Boston, IMC was just not in the cards. Geoff, our neighbour, is planning on signing up for next year, so we have decided that we want to volunteer this year. I realllllly enjoyed volunteering at the finish line back in 2008, so I am looking forward to volunteering again. Geoff and I will decide which area we want to volunteer, as I do have to keep in mind that I am committed to being Greg's Iron Sherpa. Gotta look after him leading up to and supporting him on race day of course!
In all, I think it's rounded out to be a pretty darn awesome day. Yeah, it would have been nice to get out and run, but I really want to make sure that I show up to Boston feeling healthy and strong, so one more day of rest is probably for the best. And if I really needed something else to help ease the mind, at least there was Biggest Loser tonight, which is always a good thing. ;-)
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