Day 2,601 —It is Really Happening— with a PICTURE of TRAIN TRACKS

Tomorrow is my last day at Soldan, and the next day I run my first official ultra-marathon. I had my apprehensions about this race before, but after the meeting yesterday I felt a whole lot better about everything. There will be plenty of water stops and places for me to pick up resources. I am not going to have to run in my Salomon Hydration Vest unless I want to, which I am still going back and forth on because if I don’t have to carrying more water it is really not that hard to run with it, and it might be easier to use than my belts, but it does get hot. I am still figuring this stuff out clearly. 

I start my new job on Monday, and I plan to start going back to school part time in the fall. I am sad about leaving and missing all the people that I have worked with for years, but I feel good about this path.

I don’t know how it is all going to work out, but I am okay with that. I never really know how things work out or don’t. I can just try and learn from my mistakes. 

It is moments like this when I start thinking of pending disaster, like the fear of calamity is certain and the only question is when and not if, but it doesn’t scare me that much today. I have gotten through a lot of disaster already, and I plan to enjoy this time as much as possible. Can you believe it seems like the pandemic is actually going to end?