How About a Few 'Fessions

 Here we go again...

Time to 'fess up and share a few (or maybe, five?) disclosures, bare the (running) soles, and move forward (mostly) unscathed. Sound good?

While things have been pretty uneventful (in a good way), I do have a few things to share that have me shaking my head. Don't worry, I'm also laughing as I do so...

Shall we begin?

The century ride is postponed to 2022...

With all the biking that's happened this year, a century ride was in the back of my mind. After riding those 88 miles on Day-1 of RAGBRAI, I knew a mere 12 additional miles wouldn't be too far out of reach. The thing is, that 88-mile ride happened in late July, and there simply wasn't an opportunity to coordinate anything longer with our friends. On September 25th, though, we did knock out a 70-mile ride...which is equivalent to a metric century (62 miles) with eight bonus miles added on.  I bikefess, all of us were happy with that! And, we're planning the postponed century ride for mid-summer next year. Problem solved!

There's an earring poltergeist in my house...

A couple weeks ago, I heard something fall onto the mat under my chair at work...and it was an earring back. The thing is, there was no earring to be seen, anywhere. A few days later, I was getting ready for the MercyOne 5-Mile Run and found the missing earring...in my left shoe (which I had not worn in over a week)! In a related story, several months ago, I noticed I'd lost a treasured dragonfly earring as I was getting ready for work. My post-workout selfie gave proof that the earring was with me earlier (while on the stationary bike). This earring, therefore, had to be somewhere between the stationary bike (in the basement) and my second-story bathroom, but it never was found. Just this week, though, I happened to spot the missing earring on the pedestal base of the handle bars of the bike. How it had never bounced off  the bike is quite the mystery. So, I'll just jewelryfess that I'm paranoid this earring poltergeist will swipe another prized earring and send me on another scavenger hunt.

Talk about your awkward moments...

On one of our recent bike path rides, I'd pulled over to take a quick selfie. Imagine my surprise when I heard a fellow cyclist (a guy, none the less) say hello as he rode past me. As if getting busted takng a selfie wasn't bad enough, he also photobombed me!  I selfiefess, THAT was embarrassing. I'm just glad I could laugh about it, though I hope he didn't get a good enough look to recognize me in public without my helmet.

Oh, my pretty orchid...

Our son gave me this orchid for my birthday, back in March. The three stems each had several blossoms that stayed in full bloom throughout most of the summer. The blossoms eventually dried and fell off (I think sometime in September).  A few weeks ago, I noticed two of the stems each had a new "spike," and these new spikes each had several buds! Just this week, the first bloom opened. The third stem has what appears to be a new bud forming, so maybe that will become a new spike (with several more buds) as well. I've had orchids before, but they have never thrived like this one! I flowerfess, this orchid makes me smile every time I look at it.

Finally, the big Now What???

As most can relate, when you cross the finish line of the last race of the season, things feel weird. There's joy and elation (if the race went well). Often times, there's a slight wash of relief to know you can just coast for awhile and not have to worry about any specific training runs or XX number of miles yet to be logged.  But there's also a bit of FOMO knocking on the door, at least for me. I runfess that I really don't know what to be feeling. I don't typically need a race on the calendar to keep active and/or motivated...but, gosh, it's nice to have something to look forward to in the not-too-distant future. I do have a half marathon in mid-January, but that's a ways off. It's a good thing I have our local Turkey Trot (it's our 10th year!) next month and my annual Holiday Streak to keep me occupied in the mean time.

Anyways, whew! It feels good to clear the air, bare my running soles, and get these 'fessions in print. Now, onward!

How about you? Anything that needs 'fessing? Any interesting stories of things (like earrings) that went missing and turned up in strange places? Ever been selfie-busted and photo-bombed at once? Has your racing season come to a close?

 I'm  linking this with Marcia for the monthly Runfessions link-up.

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