Life gets in the way...

Haven't run since Tuesday, in favour of domestic chores, my freelance writing work, business meetings, etc. etc.; all the usual excuses. My newest freelance job is doing the content for a new website for the Yucatan Mexico Beach Realty company, a real estate firm run by a Canadian. How ironic, as Hurricane Wilma threatens the Yucatan, and I am writing stuff about why it's so wonderful to buy vacation/retirement homes there...

There's still a big pile of gravel in the driveway, and today I added a pile of compost. Rented a Silverado and went to the city landfill, where for $20 you can fill a pickup with all the really great compost you can shovel, (assuming you're into compost) and got 1.2 tons. Thank goodness it was a rental truck! Weather here is wonderful for this time of year; sunny and cool, just right for all the millions of chores that need doing in the gardens and yard before you-know-what arrives. Tomorrow will be a repeat of today, and the forecast for Sunday's 10k race, naturally, is rainy and cold, woo hoo! As a pacer, I have to run in a one piece black nylon skeleton suit; should be really fun.

Hope to be back on track with the training plan next week, and getting ready for an 11k cross-country race on Sunday October 30. For details of the Ottawa running scene, go to the website of our National Capital Runner's Association (NCRA) at www.ncra-ottawa.com. Soon after that, I will be off for the annual conference of the Association of Personal Historians, www.personalhistorians.org in Grand Rapids Michigan. I am the self-appointed leader of the APH Running Team, (most likely a team of one or two) and will be out terrorizing the Grand Rapidians early every morning. I hope to keep the blog updated with running stories while there, in early November.