september has been a whirlwind. i kept thinking about writing something and then i didn’t – not because i didn’t want to but because i just forgot about it or was tired and lying on the couch.

i’m working from home this morning before i head out for ragnar, and my laptop decided to install updates instead of just restart, so i thought this was the perfect little break. i’ll eat my fiberlicious oatmeal and write a brief blog post.

ragnar is TODAY – i’m heading out at about 11 a.m. and driving to wausau for a horrible good time. it may be more of a horrible time; we are down two runners, one sidelined with an injury and one with covid. so the more enduranced runners want to take on extra loops instead of just saying “hey we’re down runners. can we skip those loops?” i COULD likely do some extra loops, but it wouldn’t be fun. and every year i sit in my tent with 7 layers over my sweaty body wondering why i do this. so yeah, a real horrible good time.

i’ll try to do a post-ragnar recap! but i’ve been running regularly, with a couple through the woods, so i should be good. CONSTANT VIGILANCE. hopefully my knees and a weird BALL OF FOOT PAIN that suddenly decided to crop up hold up to the task. i ran 8 miles on a sprained ankle, so i figure it’d take a lot more than ball of foot pain (i am padding it up and babying it and will take time off afterwards, no worries).

ok, computer has restarted and it’s time to do some work. RACE REPORT to come.

*or not. time flies. but october is spooky month!