30 it UP

So, I found out the 5k I was looking forward to all year was canceled secondary to the COVID-19 crisis (using my medical documentation skills right thurr).  Rock The Locks 5k is put on by our downtown and this year was going to be its second year running.  Last year I ran it as my first 5k and I LOVED it.  You got to run through the Soo Locks Park, down historic Water Street, and around by the Valley Camp Museum Ship.  It started and ended in Brady Park and there was music, dancing, and fun themed runners. After a much-needed cry session, I started thinking.  Just because the race was canceled didn't mean I couldn't run it the best I could alone.  So, the other night I started training.  This was my first outdoor run after it became too dangerous (icy) to run outside last year and let me tell you, the sidewalks have nothing on a treadmill.  It was hard to transition to running outdoors.  No moving belt to keep you propelling forward, no TV ...

Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to. If you never try new things, you'll never grow as a person.  This is how I feel about everything.  I have a routine.  Its wake up, get dressed, let Bear out, go to work, go home on lunch, let Bear out, go back to work, go home, feed Bear and myself, maybe go for a walk, go to bed.  Anything out of my routine throws me for a loop.  Seasons changing always throws me off.  It gets worse in the spring. I go a little crazy each spring.  Not your i'm gonna kill your first born child crazy, but more of a I just want to stay in bed all day because I have crippling anxiety attacks kind of crazy.  I think it has to with the fact that its lighter longer.  Also a lot of traumatic (for me at least) events happened in the past to me in the spring.  Bear helps though, because, you know, bodily functions and all. So why do you ask that I decided to sign up for summer classes?  I'm ...