Yesterday at work I was walking around helping some colleagues get ready for the first pep rally of the day and I was wiped out for a few minutes with a wave of emotion I haven’t had in a while. It may have been just being a part of something at work that I didn’t have a defined role in or memories of how things used to be at work before this year, I’m not really sure. I rode it out and went about my day but it left a mental taste in my mouth (if that is a thing) that it took me a while to shake.

I made it through rehearsal and home in time to drive over to Oak to meet up with Lauren for a run. I did a short loop around Quakertown and then we did a couple miles around the downtown area. I had planned to climb at 8 but we finished early and I had my stuff with me so I headed up and ran into Thomas and we climbed together for a bit before he took off and I climbed on my own for a bit. After sending my first red and blue routes on Sunday, I have started just going for a route without the kind of pause I might have had before that. Just scoping out a route and going for it and seeing how things go is kind of like where I’m at right now. I’m losing the fear of falling.

My hot water heater was turned off yesterday due to a leak so rather than take a cold shower this morning, I came up to work and ran a couple of miles so I had a reason to use the coaches shower. I tried a couple new things last night to try and break the clenching teeth I’ve been sleeping with for the past few months. Magnesium and half a bottle of wine, not sure which was the bigger help but I slept well.

Tonight I’ll go up to the social run and get a few more miles, probably 4 or 5 depending on how things are feeling. I need to do some body work on my right side, things are still a little tight. Thursday I’m going to get things ready to camp out at Lake Murray for the inaugural Lake Murray 100 that I’m timing for Blaze Trails Running, hope the rain holds off through the weekend.