August 22, 2009

They say that pain is weakness leaving your body. There is a Looooottttt of weakness leaving my body today....! This morning's long run was 18 miles. The first 11 were great, and the middle 5 were hell...The last 3 OK. I wore the wrong socks and now I have blisters on the bottom of my feet - yuck!

Next weekend's long run is only 9.5 miles, then the following weekends will be 20 miles each. (This is in addition to the runs, strength training, and yoga during the week, but those are pretty much fine. )

I haven't kept up with this blog, so I am going to try to do a better job of it going forward. I really really appreciate all of your support! This past week Jim and I celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary. We celebrated a day early, Wednesday, because of my training - I couldn't eat or drink what I really wanted on Thursday in preparation for my long run today. He brought me some gorgeous flowers at work and we had a romantic dinner at Sardines on Lake Monona. We exchanged cards and talked about our life so far, and going forward. My "card" to him was a listing of all the different ways I could describe our marriage - some of them serious, some funny, and some unprintable. His job was to choose which one would be my facebook status on the day of our anniversary. He chose one that described how hard he worked to win me over...which he truly did. And I am so grateful. He is a mighty good man.

Of course we discussed how many years we might have left together, but it is always so good to just hope for the best. We have grown as a couple and as individuals through our trials with CF. (Jim gave me a card early in our marriage when he was about to go on his first 6 month Med cruise...he said that he hoped that cruise would be the most challenging time in our married life....Little did we know, those times were a breeze compared to the past 5 years!) These past 15 have truly gone by fast, and the next 15 will go by even faster. Josie will be graduated from high school in 15 years!!!!

We are going to Michigan for the week, so I won't post for awhile - no phones and no internet access up there! Have a great week!

Colleen