Lacking Motivation

I have been feeling so blah lately. My body feels tired. My mind feels tired. I just don't want to run. I only managed to get in one run last week and that's only because I forced myself. Everyday I justified that I would run the next day...I would make it up later. Now I am onto the next week (my weeks start on Tuesdays) and I should run but I just don't want to. I want to watch tv and relax. There are less than 40days left until the marathon. My long runs are ramping up - I'm supposed to complete a 29km run this sunday. I thought I would start getting excited, you know get into this running thing, but no I feel quite the opposite. Maybe it's just that winter is coming and I always get down and feel this way in winter - but really it's just the end of September, am I to feel this blah until April? No wonder I always gain back the weight over these months....

Ottawa Army Run 2009

On Sunday I took part in the Army Run in Ottawa. It started off with a bang - literally - they shot off a cannon to start the race. It was a beautiful course that started downtown and ran along the Ottawa canal all the way to the experimental farm, around Dow's Lake and then onto Queen Elizabeth Drive back downtown. Dave followed me the whole way cheering me on every 5kms or so. It meant a lot to have someone on the course with me since I was running alone. I started out pretty strong setting a new personal best for the 10km with a time of 73'49". The second half of the run slowed down as I was having a lot of pain in my lower back. My new orthotics have been great for my feet, no pain there, but they are a killer on my lower back. I think I need to make an appointment to check them out. I came across the finish line at 2:47:22 coming in 317/334 in my age/gender group (yay not last!).

After the race Jen, Melanie, Jim and I went to Le Nordik to soak in the nordic baths. Jen asked about massage cancellations and luckily there was an opening so I had a 60min swedish massage to aid in recovery. Thanks Jen! I love massages! We stayed at the spa for almost 4 hours - I love that place - especially the hot tubs.

Check out happy Taylor in the hot tub with the sunglass burn:

Big News.

I got married at the end of August at Vineland Estates Winery (Niagara area). We had 49 people join us for our little celebration. We even had a mario brothers themed cake! Originally I had this nieve idea that I could run the 14km chocolate race in st catherines the next day. Eventually I decided it might be nice to visit with friends and family and get a bit more sleep.