School started on Wednesday and I haven't run since Tuesday! I've got to figure something else out, because I'm exhausted - I get to school around 7:15 to get my room ready for the day, and don't really get a break until the kids leave around 3:15 - 3:30. we're supposed to get 2 planning periods every day, but with the "please be patient while we work the kinks out" schedule, I barely have enough time to get back to my classroom before the kids start coming back (7th graders - we have to walk them to their other classes). So I've been staying at school until 5 or 6, then bringing stuff home with me to work on until 9 or so, and still feel like I'm falling behind. The other teachers keep telling me that it will get better, but at this point I don't see how Sorry to get in here and whine so much - I just feel so overwhelmed with it all. And I've got a race the next 3 Saturdays and haven't run since Tuesday On Sunday when I got locked out of the house and ran to church, I just went in long enough to find Jason with the keys. Of course he wasn't in the first place I looked and everyone saw me all sweaty and then I had to walk around looking for him. I was wearing some of my oldest running clothes too - stuff that's definitely seen better days. I think the really old running clothes will be tossed in the trash finally!

Careful about trying to do too much running during your first month of school. I find that I am ripe for getting a nasty cold if I try to do all my work and keep my running schedule in tact from summer. Your body will get a little worn down the first month of school so backing off right now might be good. Don't forget about getting enough sleep. It makes facing those little buggers a whole lot easier! John

Thanks John! I hadn't even thought about how worn down I'd get if I tried to do everything but you're right. I'll just hope that I trained enough over the summer for my 3 races and then see how my schedule settles before I try to train for anything else.

Hi, I'm new to the group. I'm 48 and I've been a type 1 diabetic for 33 or so years. I'm training for the St. George Marathon, St. George, Utah on October 6th. It's not my first marathon, not even my first St. George, so it's no big deal. I've had some trouble with sore knees and a bad hamstring for most of the year, but it all seems to be clearing up, at least enough for me to get some good training in before this race. Jerry

Going first for the Crossroads half-marathon in Ft. Collins, CO on 9/16 , then the Denver Marathon on 10/14. Training is going OK so far - 2nd 20 mile run this weekend. Always the last 2 miles or so very slow - got to get past that somehow. Any diabetic runners out there in these events, I'd love to hear from you. Dave