First off, we are 99 days away from the Maratón!

Monday: 4.65 miles (4 mile plus strides), average pace 11:24
Thursday: 4.28 miles (3 miles steady, 1 mile fast), average pace 11:08, 9:48
Friday: Crossfit, Skill reps 5 rounds of Floor press (8 reps at 85 lbs), chest to bar pull-ups (5 reps at medium banding), banding good mornings (8 reps) Metcon: 125 simple jump ropes with handstand holds with broken reps

The key to this week was rhythm, finding it, staying with it and not getting led astray. This week was tougher with the Fourth and the start of a D.C. summer and also made tougher by an Egyptian revolution and me needing to get pro bono work done.

Finding a new rhythm is hard, easy and really hard. Once your heart and soul make a commitment to change paths and go in a new direction, it’s easy to get your legs moving. But then your mind (both your brain and your full essence) has to catch up and that is the hardest part of all. It seems like the brain is always lagging, busy playing host to anxiety and stress and always be mindful of what is unknown.

While I feel more settled in a new rhythm with paleo, running and CrossFit, my brain is seriously lagging in this whole process. Much of it is incredulous thinking (Seriously, a marathon in ARGENTINA? Couldn’t you have gone to Baltimore and been okay with it?) and my constant level of anxiety seeming to hit peak levels.

What is helping is a vision of crossing the finish line and while I’m almost done, thinking back at this whole process and knowing that it was worth it. Every early morning, every struggle and every anxious thought that is overcome. All of it.

Speaking of struggle, jump rope…uhhh, yeah. That needs work. The good news is that I’m now quite good at handstand holds. Silver lining, perhaps?

I need some inspiration…help me Johnny!