Move, Work, Run

The past several months have been BUSY and my workouts/blog posts have suffered.  I moved out of town, went back to work (after a year hiatus), and picked up running again.  Whew!  

Moving.  After a year of eating out, floating the river, and drinking local beer we decided to move back to Klamath Falls.

Klamath Falls, OR

As I'm sure most of you know, moving sucks.  I'm glad the worst part is over.  (Packing, loading the U-Haul, etc...)  We're looking to buy our first home which is exciting and nerve wracking at the same time.  Luckily, we know an awesome realtor, Kim Swagert, who should be able to hook us up with the perfect house.

It's been nice to catch up with family and friends and I definitely missed local hockey and 99.5 The Rock!  

Work.  What can I say?  I really enjoyed not working this past year, but got a little lonely being home all day with nobody to hang out with other than the dog and cat.  You can only watch so much "Deadly Women" and "Snapped" before you start to feel like a criminal.  When I heard my old job at the radio station in Klamath Falls opened up, I was all over it.  I had a good gig there and knew the opportunity to get my position back wouldn't come around again anytime soon.  As Eminem would say "It feels so good to be back!" 

Just another day at work back in '07

Running.  I've done little running the past year because the Beachbody workouts are so intense.  I didn't want to over-train and honestly, I just didn't have the energy to do both.  Since I have some races coming up, I thought I'd better jump back on the running wagon.  I am fortunate enough to have a running partner for the first time ever.  Did I mention she's awesome?  Not only does she run with me, but she told me about some great local running groups.  The first one is actually a trail running group where you earn points over the duration of the series and they give away weekly prizes.  The second is a running club called the Linkville Lopers.  They do weekly runs every Wednesday with two pace groups.  I believe one group runs at an eight minute pace and the other group (led by my running partner) runs at a ten-ish pace.  The trail runs are pretty insane, but the Wednesday runs are fairly mild and great for beginners, like me.  

My running partner, Grace.  Photo courtesy of Cody Ames Photography.

Life is good.