LOL I think I jinxed myself when I posted my last entry because SO MANY RACES GOT CANCELLED THIS WEEK! 😣
1. Rock n' Roll Savannah, my last 26.2 on the calendar, was officially postponed to next November. I'm happy that I don't have to wonder about the status of this race for another 3 months, but bummed that for the first time in a loooong time that I have zero marathons on my schedule and I won't be able to check off another state this year. I'll run it in 2021 (hopefully)!
2. Rock n' Roll Seattle was rescheduled to next June, but they're only hosting it as a half marathon 😢 Luckily RnR allowed runners to choose from a few different races to defer their entries to. Most of the options were either on dates that I know I can't do because they're busy times at work, or states I've already done, so the race I landed on was Rock n' Roll San Antonio which will take place in December 2021! Looking forward to heading to TEXAS next year!
3. The Smuttynose Rockfest Half Marathon was cancelled and turned into a virtual event, which is probably the biggest bummer of them all because we were oh so close to race day (7 weeks)! I will say that Loco Races has done a fantastic job pivoting to virtual, though, and is stepping up its game with the swag pack. I'm still planning to train up so I can run the race on the original date of October 4th. I haven't run 13 miles since MARCH so I am definitely not half marathon ready quite yet, but I will be in October!
In the meantime, I'm still chipping away at my
Massachusetts2Medford miles, and have also signed myself for another insane mileage challenge that I am severely late to the party for - the RunMA challenge sponsored by Millenium running! (It started on July 1 and apparently I never heard of it until yesterday... oops.) This challenge prompts you to virtually run the PERIMETER of Massachusetts -- a whopping 645 miles -- before the end of 2020. This is going to be a TOUGH challenge to conquer but I'm hoping it will keep me motivated to continue to lace up, especially once it starts to get colder again (which is way too soon, imo 😭).
Also, if nothing else will, hopefully this dope MEDAL will keep me motivated!
This weekend I do have a bit of a longer personal to-do list. I need to catch up on some video editing and want to throw myself into reading. This week has been a tough one mental-health wise, and I have felt so exhausted at the end of every day because things have been really crazy at work. Fortunately two of the major projects I have been working on this summer finally got off the ground today and I can breathe a bit easier. Hopefully that will mean more energy at the end of the work day for the coming weeks, but in the meantime I need to play some serious catch up, especially in the NEWTs reading department! Here's what I'm hoping to read this weekend:
This weekend is the second of the two NEWTs 24 in 48 readathons, so hopefully that will help me get through these titles! Fingers crossed that lots of pages will be read!
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