just when I thought it would get boring...

If you didn't know already... I'm a BIG fan of switching jobs every 5 months or so to keep things lively and, well, crawl up the income ladder as fast as I can while still having fun... Some of you know exactly what I mean while I'm sure others think I'm crazy...

Weird thing is.. my job isn't getting boring...

Usually after 3 months or so.. I'm convinced I can train a domesticated monkey to do my job. By this time I generally feel as though I could take over the group and steer it towards ("align it with") my own ideas on how to do stuff ("strategic objectives"). So I generally leave and do just that.

This time around though, I must candidly admit that I am really and truly shocked on a regular basis. Now, this doesn't always mean that I'm shocked by something bad. Some would jump to that conclusion and assume I'm sticking around as audience for any comedic event that occurs on a daily basis (and it does) but, they'd be wrong. I quite often learn new things that I never thought I would care about. It, of course, is hard to give examples. In most cases I learn a ton from the way others approach problems - there are endless ways of doing this. Most cases also involve different interpersonal approaches really - which is truly interesting to see unfold.

It feels very strange but, well, I'm enjoying my job right now. Wow, I almost had to spit the words out there...

I think I have to lay down... I'm getting dizzy..

and the training keeps going... and going... and..

That's right, the training never ends.

I think I'm on a 19 week training plan and have a little bit more than 5 weeks left...oy.

Trying to find ways to get to motivated. I ran a half marathon yesterday in the hopes of getting motivated. The boulder half marathon to be exact. http://www.boulderbackroads.com

I didn't do as well as I would have liked but i was extremely disciplined in the race so hopefully that translates to a strong marathon in nyc. Motivating? not really... but was nice to run somewhere different.

I've logged more than 300 miles as of today (as part of this training plan)- on my way to 500 by the marathon....

That segways nicely to an injury update!

Knee problems are gone - hallelujah!

Hip pain/soreness is here... and camping out it seems...

Latest issue is overworked Gluteus Medius. Yeah, it only hurts when I... well, when i do anything requiring forward motion. The good news is that I have a great massage therapist, who should be paying me quite honestly - she inflicts pain on a regular basis (read: cleaves muscle from bone) but, like a good masochist... I suck it up and say - "if i were just in better shape this wouldn't hurt"... pfft. It would still hurt.

Other than that, the training continues. I'm up around 40 miles a week or so - which is about all the beating I can take until my next training plan begins.. which I'm targeting for December.

It isn't all doom and gloom honestly. I'm looking forward to the big race in NYC and being VERY healed up for that. I have my last long run happening this Saturday (22 miles) and am looking forward to winding down the miles after that and prior to the race.