‘Fessing for the First Time this Fall

How is it we’re back at the ‘fessional already?

It’s messing with my mind how fast time is flying by, but here we are. September is on its way outta here and October is knocking (loudly) at the door. 

Anyways, here goes…

Speaking of time flying, I all but forgot about the Equinox this week. September 22nd was the 12th anniversary of my first-ever marathon, so that reality kind of dominated my mind. I gotta runfess that is it wasn’t just the fact that I had actually run a marathon (it was the first of nine, actually, but who’s counting, LOL), but the fact that it had already been 12 years since doing so was surreal.

This Facebook memory popped up, giving me a wav of nostalgia

Do you remember my ordeal with stubbing my innocent pinky toes a few weeks ago? It was still hurting some (but not as bad as before)…until I smashed it again in the exact same place with the exact same chair leg a few days ago. Now it hurts again, and even more so. Ugh. I runfess, I can’t make this stuff up. Maybe I need to bubble-wrap myself, or at least my poor pinky toes.  

Can you guess which (swollen) toe is the compromised one?

Speaking of my compromised toe, I have to runfess it kind of has me (slightly) second guessing my plans of running the IMT Des Moines Half Marathon on October 19th. The irony? I procrastinated something terrible, and just registered last week, before the final price increase. With it costing me just shy of $150 (with all the ridiculous fees), I feel like I’m fully vested. I know my endurance is good, and I am in a good place with my mileage, so fingers crossed the toe will feel better come race day. It doesn’t hurt at all when running or walking, but pressing on it is another story, LOL.

In a related course of discussion, I recently got new shoes…the ASICS Kayanos. They have been feeling really good, even with my compromised toe (and vicinity), but I think the sales guy fitted me in too-big shoes. Seriously, I runfess they felt (and probably looked) like clown shoes. I took them back and swapped them for a smaller size, and I think these new ones will be winners

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Finally, in a non-running-related matter, my flowers have been going bonkers! We’ve been in a bit of a drought, and they’re still thriving. Too bad I can’t say the same for the grass in my yard. Still, I can flowerfess that it’s pretty satisfying to see how well my first flower garden did in my new location. The marigolds were grown from seeds a friend had given me. Some of the flowers were purchased. Others were discovered in clusters of weeds and “re-homed.” I’m eager to add a few more to my yard, and possibly get some discounted end-of-season perennials to start a border along the fence line. Stay tuned.  

So, that’ll have to do for this round of ‘fessions. I can now wish a fond farewell to September and move on to October, though I’m still in denial that we’re officially in the fall season.

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