I had this dream last night where I was listening to music through a stereo system outdoors on the lawn. I was trying to play music from my phone through the system using Bluetooth, and while the knobs showed I was connected, no music played.
I started to hear these voices in the air that said “open up the space,” over and over again in an almost sing songy way.
I don’t know what that means or what I needed to do because I woke up right after that. But all morning I have had “open up the space” going through my head.
I must be saying it aloud also because Marceline repeated it.
We have been storing a large box from our new fridge since March. It takes up quite a bit of space in the garage but on days like yesterday I think its worth it.
The first 99 of those days I did 100 push-ups a day.
On the 100th day, April 10th, I did 1,000 push-ups.
Today the 103rd day of the year marks my 100th day of running so far this year. In the month of March I took off 3 days. One when I wasn’t feeling well and had a fever. One before I ran a half marathon, and one day off for recovery after my half marathon.
Today marks the 13th day in a row I’ve run 5 mi each day. I’ve convinced myself that I’m trying to ‘bank’ miles for the month of April because I’m having another daughter born any day now in my schedule will be a little off or a lot off after she’s born.
But I like that I’ve hit these milestones and that I’ve kept at it. Leaves me feeling accomplished.
Christmas 2020 was weird for a lot of reasons. First Christmas not spent in Queensbury, not around my parents or brothers or sisters, no traveling or big gatherings. Covid knocked all that out
Even weirder though is what I got for Christmas from my parents…. A towel.
That’s right. I got a Christmas Towel, not in the sense it was Christmas themed, but rather that was my gift.
I’m not a towel snob or anything, but I do hate super fluffy towels that are so gentle that they don’t actually dry you off.
At the start of the year I set a goal of 50 days in a row of running. This was coming off almost two full months of no exercise at all. Last I had run was the first week of November.
I decided to sign up for a few Garmin badges, uncertain of whether I would meet them or not. One is a badge for running 50 miles each month, which I figured was more than attainable, the other was for running 505 kilometers (313.8 miles) by March 30, which I didn’t think was doable but signed up for regardless.
Towards the end of January I realized I was close to hitting 100 miles a month without much effort. I was running around 3 miles a day, with some shorter runs and longer ones here and there. With a little promoting from a friend, I decided to go for and run a couple longer tunes in the last week to hit 100 miles for the month.
Which felt awesome.
I went a little nuts in February and ran 134 miles. More than I had in any month since college. Calves were perpetually tight. I wore compression sleeves on my calves at night which helped, bought new running shoes mid month, and stretched more. And then on my birthday (Feb 19) ran a 5k at my fastest pace since college.
I decided to dial it back a bit in March, aiming for 100 miles again, but hit some other goals. Garmin had a badge for running a 15k in March, which is just over 9 miles – so I did a 10 mile run in early March. I also want to run a half marathon before the end of March.
But my favorite achievement so far is hitting that 505k badge. Having only hit 100 miles in a month once before in my adult life (October 2020), hitting three times in a row to start 2021, in the midst of turning 42, and with a toddler under 2 years old feels like a big accomplishment.
And to hit 505k by mid-March, feels really great. Suck it middle age! I still got this.
