Fall in Zion National Park. Yup, this is real!...just barely. I apologize for my long silence, but it's not because I haven't been thinking of people like you!
Truth be told, I don't know how all of you do it. How do you have enough time to blog, read blogs, and just plain "be a blogger"? And, more than that, how do you additionally have time for all the other social networking venues of the Internets? This is a serious series of questions, not of the rhetorical type, that I'd love to hear from you about.
I'm struggling with my answers to these same questions. At the end of the day, when I've completed the requirements of my real-world life (work and its commute, training and recovery, cooking and eating, sleeping, socializing, and other accessory life details), there is no more free time. That's it; that's 24 hours right there! For example, at this exact moment, I am taking time away from both cooking and training to spend ninety minutes or so replying to emails and writing this short blog post.
Even though I've been silent, all is well. Fall is in full swing in the Sierra Nevada foothills and we ran our way up into the delicate place of almost winter at 9000 feet yesterday. This fall, I've done shite ton of base building for next spring's Marathon des Sables (About half of it has come through cross training, though, as I continue to recover my foot. We shall see next April if that holds up in the court of competition.). The blessing of two weeks of vacation in the desert southwest filled with time spent with friends, time making new friends, running, and other desert play reminded me that the desert still holds a firm grip on at least one of my heartstrings. All is well in my world.
I intend to shortly blog about some of this fall's adventures, including those in the desert southwest. Please stay patiently tuned; in the meantime, I'd love to hear your answers to my above-mentioned questions: How do you have enough time to blog, read blogs, and just plain "be a blogger"? And, more than that, how do you additionally have time for all the other social networking venues of the Internets?
Happy week of Thanksgiving! Give thanks this week for the special parts of your life!
