trepidation

So, tomorrow I head to Louisville, where I'll be spending the next couple of days taking the bar exam. All day Tuesday and all day Wednesday to be exact. I'm going to put in a run tomorrow morning before I get organized, pack, and head up there, because I won't have time to run Tuesday or Wednesday. As terrifying as the prospect of taking the bar is, at this point I just want to get it over with.

I have a lot of races I'm looking forward to on my calendar. This Saturday, partly as a celebration of being done with the bar, I'm doing a tiki torch 5k ... it's at night on the same cross country course where I've been running the XC challenge, and it's ... lit by tiki torches. I guess this is the month for night races, because in a couple of weeks I'm doing the Midsummer Night's Run. My last race in August is the final leg of the XC challenge. I improved a lot from the first to second leg, so I'm hoping I can improve again.

I'm also hoping that once my schedule gets more routine, I'll be able to amp up my running again. Last September I was running 100 miles a month, which is an all-time high for me. I'd also like to do longer races, since I might actually have the time to train for them once law school and the bar are behind me.

For now, though, that's the main goal - get the bar behind me. Start my new job. Get back into a routine. Spend time with my horse. And, after 3 years of law school, get my life back!