May-cember Coffee Date!
I know people refer to this month as “Mayhem,” but I like “May-cember”- when May is busier than December but there aren’t any presents (courtesy of Hungry Runner Girl. ) Yep, it’s a crazy month. Thanks to Coco and Deborah for kicking off the month with their Ultimate Coffee Date! Why is this month so busy, you ask? WELL, my daughter has all sorts of end-of-year concerts, some of which are inconveniently located at the other end of the county. This involves a lot of extra driving for the parents. Once again, I don’t remember my parents driving me all over the place for extra rehearsals and concerts. I mean, they had jobs. Oh wait! So do I. I love it when the start time for a rehearsal an hour away is at 5 pm on a Thursday. What… how… sigh. Anyway, some of the concerts of course are at our school, or at the high school which is close by. Then there’s also the eighth grade dance, and graduation! Yes, we have a lot coming up. In the middle of it all, my son will be arriving home with his college roommate. The roommate has generously agreed to help Paul drive his car back to Florida. He’ll stay with us for a bit and then fly back to Texas. Don’t get me wrong- I’m grateful. I didn’t want my son to make the twenty hour drive by himself. But I’m a little stressed at the thought of hosting a houseguest in the middle of all the other craziness. I’m trying to remind myself that these are all things I WANT. I want my daughter to be involved in activities, and I want my son to come home! I just wish all these things weren’t happening at the same time. Meanwhile… I’ve been lurking on Ultra Signup, looking for something to get me out of the post-race slump. There are several possibilities, but nothing jumps out at me. If I want another race that seems like an adventure and gets me really excited, it looks like I’ll have to travel to a different part of Florida. I can do that, but it involves checking my family’s schedule and getting off work. It’s complicated. If I want to stay in the area, the options are similar to the race I just ran, but not as fun. Like a 50k that’s multiple loops of a sandy 4 mile trail. Um… I think I may be sand-ed out for a while. I’m sure I’ll figure it out, but right now I can’t settle on anything. MEANWHILE, I haven’t forgotten that I want to work on my speed. My husband and I have decided to run a 5k on Mother’s Day and another on July 4th. For the Mother’s Day race, I expect my pace to be somewhere in the vicinity of “I’d rather not discuss it.” Then I’ll do speed work and hope to better that time on July 4th. I know that’s not a lot of time in between, but I would hope to see a little improvement. Any way you look at it, it will be a fun project, and I need a running project right now. How does May look for you? Is it a normal month or super busy? Do you have any races coming up?