# 5 on the Schedule

Feeling confident these days, I decided to pull the plug. I'm already registered for Philly marathon on Nov 21st but have been holding off on registering for other races. I didn't feel like shelling out the money and not being able to run...I'm still sulking about the money I lost by not running the Ultra. But since I've been feeling good, I decided to go for it and registered for Asbury Park marathon on Oct 17th. I've heard mixed things about this race, some not so good. It's 8 loops of a "U shaped" course so it could get pretty boring after a while. But since I tend to do pretty well with repetition, I'll give it a shot. And with a medal like this, how could I not?

Asbury park will be marathon #5, with Philly as #6 a little over a month later. And since I'll be doing 2 so close together, why not add another one in there so I can get that marathon maniac status that I missed out on this Spring due to the Achilles? So next on the "to do" list: register for Rehoboth Beach on Dec. 11th. My plan is to fun run Asbury park and Rehoboth with no time goal in mind. I'm still hoping to race Philly but only time will tell if that will happen and honestly, I'm ok if I can't race this year. I'm just so freaking happy to be running again that I can take a few more months without racing. Notice I said "a few more months"...I will race again!

I just realized that I've been smiling the whole time I've been writing this. I was in such a funk for months and things have been going really well lately. I'm just...happy. Happy about everything and very hopeful. It's a really nice feeling after some pretty dark months and it better stick around.

This might be late in the week, but I love, love, loooove that I'm able to do this again. Here's my schedule for the week:
Mon - lift/cardio
Tues - 5 mi
Wed - 4 mi
Thurs - lift
Fri - 12 mi
Sat - 5 mi
Sun - Shirley's 5k