I'll never change shoes again. Mizunos are my favorite running shoes!
At the end of June I bought some new Altra zero drop running shoes. BIG mistake! I ran a couple weeks with them and adding mileage slowly. I messed up and ran hills in them (5 miles) and ended up with a stress fracture on July 3rd. I've never broken a bone in my life! I waited a week and couldn't bounce on my foot without pain so had no choice but go see a doctor. Sure enough I went through 13 weeks of recovery. I went through a small depression phase because I for once had no control of my body and only had to wait it out and not run. I did whatever they told me to do because I wanted to be able to run the Las Vegas Marathon I had registered for on November 12th. However, my training wasn't all there and I had to withdrawal and not go to it. It sucked, but my health was more important for me in the long run. You see, I want to be one of those old ladies in their 70's still fit and running. Maybe not marathons anymore, but running to continue a healthy lifestyle.
On November 12th, I decided to run the Fort Worth Half Marathon for I knew my body might be ready for that mileage. I was scared and had mixed emotions for I didn't want to ever feel that foot pain again. To my surprise, I ran without any foot pain and happy to say I finished first in my age group out of 39 females. So, that gave me confidence again and felt great to race again.
My R + F business is doing great and so happy I joined this for extra money. Best part, it's giving me great skin and lashes and able to share this with all my friends/family and anyone with skin! As far as family goes. My oldest step-son got married and that was a happy event this year for our whole family. My hubby and I celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary in Greece this summer! It was my choice this year and so happy we went. We meet new friends, had great food and the sunsets are breathtaking! My other step-son got accepted in Texas A & M and will be transferring this January. It's bittersweet and I will miss him. I know he will grow up to do great things in life for he's very smart. My son Fabian is continuing to do good at TCC and continuing his path to nursing school. My running buddy Dash is 2 years old now and runs much better with me. She's running 5 miles and hope to pick up her mileage. She's such a great, beautiful, smart and fast dog!! My little boy no longer believes in Santa Claus and that was kinda sad, but knew that would happen sooner or later. He's turning 10 years old this January and part of his birthday gift is taking him to Disney World with us when I run the Goofy Challenge Marathon next weekend! I'm kicking off 2018 with the biggest challenge of running a half marathon one day and full marathon the next day! After missing out on Vegas, I figured my body is fully recovered to do this. However, I won't be stupid and plan to take them both slow and easy for that's more mileage than my ultra marathon back to back.
Ready to say goodbye to 2017 and ready to bring on 2018! It's going to be a great year of traveling and running all over this beautiful world :)
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