The Sunday before Thanksgiving my grandfather passed away due to injuries sustained during a fall. \u00a0Suffering from\u00a0Alzheimer’s\u00a0and missing his wife of 52 years his body is now restored. \u00a0He now can dance again with Grandma and rejoice in the presence of their Savior. \u00a0About two weeks later we flew to Cleveland for his memorial service and spending time with family. \u00a0Never a fun reason to travel home, it was still great to see family.<\/p>\n
The week after Thanksgiving I went to the gym a few times to workout. \u00a0I swam, lifted, and did the elliptical machine. Nothing major but an attempt to get back into the\u00a0rhythm\u00a0of working out. \u00a0The trip to Ohio messed up my rhythm and it wasn’t until this past weekend that I made it back to the gym. \u00a0Unless you count the 20 minutes of shoveling I did after we got \u00a04-5 inches of snow I didn’t work out at all! \u00a0It felt good to go back to the gym.\u00a0 On Saturday I lifted and did 30 minutes on the elliptical and Sunday swam 400 yards and did some running in place.\u00a0 We also got our Christmas tree.<\/p>\n
My foot continues to ebb and flow of not hurting or hurting. \u00a0We decided that after the new year if it isn’t better I’ll go back to the doctor. \u00a0All of my physical therapy helped, but also took all the money from our deductible. \u00a0We don’t pay for anything until we hit a certain amount and then we pay for a large amount. \u00a0Driving around and seeing all the people out running really makes me want to get out on the road again. \u00a0Not too mention I miss my running friends.<\/p>\n
Looking back…<\/strong><\/p>\n My first Foto Friday<\/a> was from a trip to Boone, NC during peak leaf season. A guest review of the 2007 Monster Mash Dash<\/a> and the St Jude Marathon<\/a> led to my training analysis, part 3<\/a>. \u00a0Not to mention a sad Foto Friday<\/a> of my watch and an upside down biker<\/a>. \u00a0As the weather changes these 9 Winter Running tips<\/a> don’t change.<\/p>\n Last year I ran the 2008 Giving Thanks 5k<\/a>. \u00a0You might recall I was reading about the sacred act of running and wrote about contemplation<\/a> and reasons for running<\/a>. \u00a0I also found a thank you video<\/a> for those who supported my fundraising for Team World Vision. \u00a0My 52nd Foto Friday<\/a> was of Chris at a port-a-potty!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Sunday before Thanksgiving my grandfather passed away due to injuries sustained during a fall. \u00a0Suffering from\u00a0Alzheimer’s\u00a0and missing his wife of 52 years his body is now restored. \u00a0He now can dance again with Grandma and rejoice in the presence of their Savior. \u00a0About two weeks later we flew to Cleveland for his memorial service […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-running"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4iaAv-rM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7011,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2019\/03082019-crossfit\/","url_meta":{"origin":1722,"position":0},"title":"03082019 – CrossFit","author":"crossn81","date":"March 8, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"19.3 was no joke on the gluteus! 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