remember september

September has been a long month .... of not running.  I've been wearing the "boot" for 1 month and 2 days now, and tomorrow is 5 weeks since my last run.  I'll be going next week to repeat my x-rays to see how things are progressing, so I'm staying positive and hopeful.  It'll be the weekend before the Canadian Thanksgiving... while I have a lot to be thankful for already, hopefully my patience will pay off.

During my time off running I have:

• Volunteered at a Women's Duathlon / Triathlon instead of participating
  
• Regained some confidence being back out on my road bike
• Biked a total of 256.3km this month!  That brings my biking for 2008 so far to 743k, more than running, but i'm ok with that
• Back into weight training, and hugely motivated to continue
• Yoga sessions more consistently, during lunch break, or in the morning
• Discovered a new "dream"
• Sought information about cause of injury
• Got the chance to meet Marlene and saw her complete her first marathon this past weekend!
• Dealt with the fact that my son turned 10 last week!!!!! 10!  that's double digits!

Here's to hoping that October will continue with this momentum  :)  Looking back, I feel like I've accomplished a lot, and am so happy to see that I didn't give up on myself, just because I had a temporary setback.