13 Days

Sam is feeling back to her normal self - the antibiotics and a few days of using the inhaler helped a ton, thankfully! As for me, my voice is back, but I still have a bit of congestion. Still, so much better than earlier this week!

Friday, after dropping Sam off, I headed over to the Cathance for a walk. It was a cold and blustery morning, the leaf-covered ground wet from Thursday's rain, the river roaring, the sun shining. Taking a walk in the woods isn't quite the same as running but being out on the trails is always good for the soul :) (1.8 miles walked)

Ryan had to be up in Bangor for work for the day so he stayed over with Jamie and Kate on Friday night and got a run in with John and Jen up in Acadia on Saturday morning before heading south. Lucky guy ;) 

As for Sam and I, it was yet another day spent at the Y ;) for Sam's second swim meet, although this time around it was just a dual meet which made it slightly less chaotic, which was nice! Once again, Sam just seems to be in her natural element, so comfortably on the pool deck and in the water with her friends. It is really cool to see. She swam the 50 free, the 25 backstroke and was the 25 free leg in one of the relays this time around. All good stuff!

This morning dawned rainy and windy. I was feeling seriously antsy and after lunch, finally decided that 13 days was more than enough and went out for a short run. YAY RUNNING! It was warm and very windy, and although my legs felt very creaky, it felt so good to be running! Kept it short and sweet but was just so happy to be out :) (3.0 miles)

Although race season for the year is over, I still have 160 mile to run to hit 2,000 for the year and it's nice to have goal to work toward over the next 6 weeks!