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I have come to realize that I have a life outside of running and, though it is one of my major goals to do a lot more of it to get faster, jumping straight to 1000 miles in one year is silly and potentially disastrous. For some perspective, my lifetime mileage (starting with the marathon training in 2007 and INCLUDING THIS YEAR) only total somewhere in the 800s. And with just a little over half of the year left, I’m to double my total from over the last two years? Silly.

I’m all about being more realistic and maybe stepping this goal up each year until 1000 is actually within my reach without quitting the rest of my life. So far, I’m at 91, which is a little behind, but it still means averaging only 12-13 miles a week for the rest of the year, which is totally doable.

Some of the things I was worried about are, for the moment, irrelevant. I will find out this week if the hail mary pass stuff will be approved and carried forward with my application, but more immediately I was not able to get into this summer’s class because of a combination of three small things. The two I have control over are my schoolwork and my running speed, so I will continue to work on those and look forward to being extra prepared for next May.

I’m a bit sad to lose momentum on this, but it is truly not the worst of outcomes since my relationship with my family seemed to turn a corner this winter and it is a terrific time to spend a few months with them (which hasn’t happened in years). This can also be my summer of doing things that aren’t “important” and always get put off. I predict a few more goals being added and checked off of my list in the summer months.

I sold a few things that have been taking up space in my tiny apartment and made a helpful amount of cash in the process:

-the silly bike trainer that takes all the joy out of biking
-my old mountain bike that’s too heavy for my uphill commute
-my very old laptop that I was keeping for sentimental reasons

I decided to give my not-as-old apple laptop to my mom, which I sent back home with my boyfriend on his last visit. I couldn’t sell it for the price I think it was worth since all those great new macbooks are out, so I figured my mom might as well enjoy it and get some mac lessons this summer while I’m home. All that’s left is to try and finish a big project at home on my desktop and then try to sell that before I leave in a few weeks. I can do the rest of my school work and studying on campus at the computer lab where I work.

I also planned to sell one of my old trumpets because I decided that I would never play seriously in an orchestra again, but then I realized that even my other trumpet was useless to keep around since I have so many other goals in my life that I have NOT already accomplished in some fashion that I will most likely never put the time in to enjoy playing the trumpet the right way again. If I do, I will most likely be in a place in life to obtain another trumpet, and in the meantime I don’t need to be carting these two around. I’m going to take them to a local store soon to be sold for commission so I can get them out of my hair ASAP.

Once all of this is done, the big event will be my first weekend back at home when I will go through all of my old things (and some of my mom’s that have crept into my old bedroom) and have a glorious, cleansing yard sale! I always loved having an LA garage sale – the quirky neighbors come out of the woodwork, I get to hang out on the lawn all day watching clutter be lifted off my shoulders, I make a little cash, and my nephews get to hang out and sell lemonade. WIN-WIN-WIN.

I already feel lighter and I am about to dig into my stash of trash here in my apartment so I can prepare for the main event!