Sunday, July 19, 2015

I've been gone for a while

It's been quite some time since my last blog post.  Work and life in general got very busy, which should not be an excuse for not fulfilling a commitment to keep this blog up to date.  I apologize to you and to me.

I had to stop for this photo opportunity on a run last week.
I don't have a lot to share today, but like with my current return to running, I needed to get started again.  I have felt guilty about not running, but had the excuse of injury that kept me away for such an extended period.  Hip pain and a diagnosis of arthritis and bursitis made it difficult, if not impossible to return to the pace that I was at a year ago when I completed the BMO Half-Marathon in Vancouver.  I have run twice in the last week and I am relatively pain free.  I'm a lot slower and have limited my run to 5K, but at least I'm back at it.

I have not written a blog post for 6 months.  I have no excuse.

When I made a public statement about having registered for the half-marathon, it helped me to stay on track and committed to running so that I could carry through on my public commitment.  I think blogging will require the same public commitment as well.  My goal is to write at least one meaningful post per month over the next year.  I hope that you, and I, keep me on track by reminding me about this commitment.

Thank you for allowing me to share this with you.