Get back on the horse!

Look at the pretty!

This. This is one of the reasons I've missed two weeks of training. Two weeks, people.

 

October was insane with travel -- especially for one who is accustomed to working from home every day, all day. New Jersey for a week at the beginning of the month; mid-month it was 4 days in San Jose, followed by two days home and then 4 days in Phoenix with Rowan to visit a dear friend.

 

Whirl. Wind.

Work trips were necessary, friend trip was needed, but the end result is that I missed two weeks of training. I am now at DefCon 3. With roughly 40(ish) days left to train before the marathon, I am planning to simply pick up where the training schedule indicates and work through it, hoping for the best.

I never really had a time to beat (other than the 4 hour limit, I suppose); I just want to finish. Mark has been doing amazing. Riding out the pain of migraines, dealing with Crohn's flare-ups, and handling things while I've been away, he's still managed to work in training sessions. He's my inspiration -- not just for participating in this marathon, but for not sinking into a pile of tears when I look at my work load, travel schedule, and completion times.

I almost had to travel again in November, but am oddly thankful for a work load that actually prevents me from doing so. So, I have November to get back on the horse, so to speak, and get my body as ready as I can be for this effort.

Also? I have some letters to write. I've depended largely on email to reach out to people about considering donating; I need to take pen in hand (more or less) and see if there are still a few souls out in my family who might want to participate in this fundraising effort before November 16th.

 

I need Hermione's Time Turner, I think....

-- Amanda