back in action

Hello, blogging community.

My many apologies for being MIA. I started taking the Sport Leading 2 class at the climbing gym on May 4 and it is AMAZING. As a result, I found myself wanting to go in and practice rather than run :-P The last class was May 18 so I should be able to stick to a running schedule a little bit better :-)

I have a new strategy for planning my runs. I ABSOLUTELY cannot get up and run before work. But by the time I take the metro, get home, change, and actually get outside, it's 8pm. Sooooo yesterday I took all my running stuff with me to work and ran around the National Mall as soon as I finished up. It was scenic and stayed light out the entire time I ran--perfect!

Not to mention it was gorgeous...65 degrees and AMAZING. My route went around the entire Mall and I was rather entertained by the gazillion kickball and pick-up soccer games that were going on. I didn't time myself, but it was a 5.5 mile loop, and it went by quickly since the weather and scenery were fantastic.


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Jess, I'm inspired by your commitment to pilates and am going to go to yoga sometime in the next week. Courtney actually got me hooked on bikram when she lived in VA, but it's a tad expensive, plus Court isn't around anymore to make me go! The climbing gym has yoga (free for members and employees, yeah!) Monday-Thursday, so I'm going to try to go once a week. We'll see how this goes...