The Hip Update:  I am entering week 3 of this pain in the ass - I mean hip - and no running and even though I have now been to both the Acupuncturist and the Physiotherapist and they were encouraging, I am still kind of depressed to be losing this much ground on my training.

Yesterday was a bad day for my body. I had a reasonably good day, but my body didn't really, and I am still aching today. I started off with my 16 K run yesterday AM, early.

OMG, DO NOT EVER DO BENCH PRESSES AND CHEST EXCERCISES AND THEN THE NEXT DAY GO FOR A RUN! DO NOT DO IT! NOT EVEN THE BEST SPORTS BRA IN THE WORLD WILL BE ABLE TO HELP YOU!!!!

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Now that I've found my running schedule, I figured I may as well post it. Then I can have a good look at it every day and make sure I'm on track. Today is an "OFF" day (what glorious words) but because I'm in serious catch-up mode I went to the gym AND a yoga class. Running will resume tomorrow. Phew, that was close.

Along with my "lessons learned" in my last post, I've decided to include a few more things I've learned, over the course of my fundraising and training.

I've learned that my friends - and even some complete strangers! - are incredibly, incredibly generous, often the people you least expect are the most so.

When I was very Serious about snowboarding, the days that were pure powder and sunshine were blissful and meant for nothing short of maximizing joy. The not so good days, however, were designated learning days, so that there was always something to be gained. Ice and rain were perfect opportunities to practice riding goofy; fog was an excellent reason to play in the half-pipe.

The Joints in Motion Vancouver Pub Night Fundraiser (here's a link to the facebook event, if you like) will be hosted by Emily,

I wrote this on my other blog today and then it occurred to me that I should cross-post it over here, since it's really all about enabling the running. Don't mind the sales pitch, it's for charity. ;)

Last 2 Weeks to Buy Stuff on Etsy and Contribute to My Marathon!

I recently found out that a family friend has, Shirley Charlton, has been diagnosed with a particularly nasty strain of arthritis - Polymyalgia rheumatica.

So I ran one-fifth of the Vancouver Marathon yesterday, my part being a relatively flat 10 K. I went as part of a relay team, the very awesome "Ligers" and it was super fun and I think I did OK considering I haven't run anywhere for about the last month or so.

Howevah, it was also a supremely huge wake-up call for how much longer I have to go on this marathon! I did my bit, went to BC place to get my jacket, went home, showered, had breakfast and coffee, played with the dog, and THEN went back to the stadium to meet up with the team. And somewhere along the way it occurred to me that come November that will be all me, all running that entire time. And it suddenly seemed very hard and very long and I had a little mini freak-out.