Welcome to the dark side

My run this morning was good and bad all at the same time. I pushed hard and ran fairly quickly, which was good. But my chest was constricted and I was having trouble breathing. Why? Because I knew that when I got home I was going to step over into the dark side.

For work, I have made my fb account public and created a limited profile group for work friends and others who I do not want to share everything with, and I have opened a twitter account and linked it to my cell phone. I am not saying that I was forced to do this or that it isn't necessary to be linked into the world with which I want to make my career, I just feel like personal relationships are changed in a way that is both good and utterly bad by social media. And I am having a hard time dealing with the fact that once you become part of social media, people seem to think it is okay to cut off the in person, personal side of the relationship.

So today's run was filled with thoughts of making sure that I work hard to keep my personal relationships human, and anything social media to do with work, my running, or invites between my friends for parties.

I pushed really hard up my steep hill and felt really good about the whole run. Even with a tight chest I really felt like I had a good run. Saturday is my first 22 miler. I'm a little nervous, but I'm ready. I know I can do it.

Sunday Sarah and I are boot-blocking. Please come support us!