Still here

It's been a busy few weeks since I last posted anything.

We've sort of been in an lull since the race. We've had things going on that have made it difficult to get our workouts in. We took a little trip over to Boise to see Lisa's folks and then took them to SLC so Lisa and her parents could spend a couple days at the Family History Library.

We managed to get a run in Boise. They have a great trail that runs along both sides of the Boise river and there is a lot to see and the people that we passed were all very friendly. Even though it was very cold we enjoyed it. Lisa mentioned that every time we visit Boise we find one more thing we like about it.

I caught a cold on our way home and so I haven't felt like running much. The other thing, and this has been going on for a while now, is that when I'm running I get to the point where I can't breathe. It's not because I am running too fast either, trust me on that one. I'm going to go see my Dr. for it, it has me that worried. When I was running in the spring and summer last year it wasn't a problem and even when I started back up in the fall it wasn't an issue. Now though I have to stop and walk until I can start to feel like air is coming in again. If I am willing to go the Doc it must really be bothering me. Hopefully it's nothing but I guess I'd like to know for sure before I get out on a run and have a real problem.

I've also been having a little motivational crises lately. I tell myself I want to run but when it comes time to get out the door and actually do it I look for any excuse to avoid it. Part of the problem is that I know my lungs are going to hurt and I don't want to deal with that.  I went back tonight and re-read all my blog posts and I am feeling better about things. I was able to remember some of my really good early runs and review why I am doing this and it has made me fell a lot better about things. I think what I want to do is get back on a treadmill again and get my legs feeling better and see how my lungs feel in a controlled environment and then see how I'm feeling. I'll see my Dr. early next week and then go from there.

At this point we're still on track to run the races but I need to work a couple things out and get feeling healthy again.