summer

Summer is over. Not officially, but since it's after Labor Day, it does feel like it. Not sure where it went. It flew by so fast and clearly I was too busy to even blog (my last one was about the trip I took last spring, where I returned on Memorial Day). So what did I do this summer? 

I went to Yankees games (and Mets, SU football, and the US Open). I golfed, bowled, and played kickball. I went to the Jazz Age Festival, showers and a wedding. I celebrated birthdays and hung out with friends. I went upstate a lot to see family and hung out in Nantucket to see even more family. I went to a few concerts. And I worked. But you know, I don't want to chat about that so much. 

JT and Jay-Z concert. 

UR reunion with the girls. 

Nantucket.

Family.

And of course I ran. I ran a lot. The Wineglass Marathon is in exactly 4 weeks. Actually I'll be long done with the race and hopefully celebrating a sub-3:35. My training has gone well and yesterday I ran my 2nd 20-miler. And it felt good. As much as a 20-miler can feel. I've got a lot of speed workouts in with the team, but need to get a few more tempo runs in the next couple of weeks before I start tapering. Like the last 4 marathons, I want to qualify to run the Boston Marathon. Even more this year due to the bombing back in April. That is the reason why I signed up to run a marathon this year. Unfortunately, registration for Boston opens tomorrow and will most likely be completely sold out before I even race. So I've started to accept the fact that I may not be running it next year. I will be cheering pretty damn loud though. When I qualify next month, hopefully I have a good chance to run in 2015. 

Catharine Valley Half Marathon.

Thats summer in a nutshell. This fall should bring on some more blogging.