Happy Thursday all!

I know it’s been awhile but it’s for good reason. I was away for a few days so let’s do some catch up…

Friday, I worked with my handsome man shooting a wedding. I just LOVE capturing weddings. It’s such an honour to be such a big part of someone’s day and to witness their love for one another. 

Saturday, I had a 22km run planned and all mapped out but with only getting a few (4) hours of sleep and a crazy windy snow storm, I opted out and decided I would wait until Sunday. Apparently, the one time I forgot to check the weather network, I missed the heads up on the snow storm. Lesson learned.Sunday came around and to be honest, I was not looking forward to my run. It was still really windy and snowy out and the roads were not ploughed which makes for hard footing, especially on country roads. Due to procrastinating and having to get home and be ready for a meeting with a client, I only ran 15km. Considering the conditions, the first part of my run was pretty good. I focused on my taking smaller steps because I did NOT want to fall! The second part was just nasty from the wind! Thankfully, I had made arrangements with my Mom and she came to check on me at a certain point and tell me the time (I forgot my watch). Thanks Mom! For about the last 5km she followed me and then I hopped in for a ride home. If she wasn’t there, I probably would have crawled into the ditch and cried.
I actually ran with a stranger for about 10-15 minutes of my run. I know, that sounds so bad but thankfully he turned out to be a nice guy and not some weirdo. He is also training for Around The Bay and it will be his first time running it. I didn’t scare him too much, just told him to do his hills and prepare himself mentally. Something I need to do myself but we’re not talking about that right now, are we… It was nice to see another crazy out there embracing the elements and running! That’s exactly what G-Man called me when I got home – “crazy”.
Monday, I had planned to wake up early and use the spin bike for awhile but I just didn’t feel like it, so I didn’t. I don’t know what’s wrong with me. Monday was a big day though. I had my annual check up with my Nuclear Medicine doctor and for the first time since my diagnosis in 2007, I heard the words "You are CANCER FREE"!  I was obviously VERY happy!! I think for every cancer survivor (at least, I feel this way) that even if you hear the words "Cancer Free" the fear of it returning will always be there. There was a huge sense of fear for me after my surgery…about my surgeon not being able to remove all the tissue and the thought that every ache and pain was cancer. With that being said, I couldn’t live like that and had to get over that fear. Not necessarily block it out, just learn how to live with it. Who wants to live their life feeling scared all of the time? I don’t! So anyways, I was happy to hear that I’m in the clear!!

Tuesday, I woke up at 5:30am and went to the gym with the Madre. I went on the elliptical for a half hour, stretched and then ran back to my parents place which was about a 10km run. It was an okay run. My legs felt very heavy. Fast forward to today’s run — my legs felt extremely heavy again. It was awful – I thought about cutting it short many times but forced myself to run 15km. I didn’t enjoy it and tried to "positive talk" myself but it wasn’t flying. Throughout my run, I actually thought about whether or not I should sell my bib since my last few runs have completely sucked. I didn’t make a final decision but the thought is there. We’ll see..

Rewind to Tuesday.. look what I came home to: Isn’t G-Man sweet?! I think Valentines Day is definitely over rated but thought it was very sweet of him to think of me!