Ball of Confusion

I might have mentioned (several hundred times) that tapering is a bit difficult for me. 

Running is fun for me but it is also great exercise and a stress release so while I like resting I am a bit unsettled.  I’ve driven the schnauzer crazy by packing and repacking several times (She always assumes she’s going on a trip with me and stakes out my luggage.), spent far too much time on Facebook silliness yesterday soliciting annoying music to run by – you know that song that will not leave your head, plowed through every once of paper work so that I’m not surprised by something at work when I return, found myself talking way to fast to clients in order to burn off energy and can almost not settle down.  Which might explain my choppy writing right now.

Well that all changes tomorrow as we buckle up and make the 10+ hour drive to Washington D. C. for the National.  We’re ready.  We’re psyched and there’s nothing left but to get there and run the darn thing.

I have to say that I’ve had a lot of help from family and friends along the way.  Sometimes it’s just to keep you focused, to be there when it’s time to put the miles in, and other times it’s just to encourage, to talk or to talk you down from whatever weird place the training or the Life that exists outside of it brings you to.  

Thank you very much for this and for your donations (I’m almost at $1,900.00!)