Where do I go from here?

Denver.  That’s where.  I start a dual Masters program in urban planning and public administration in August (two Masters in three years).  I’ll be at the University of Colorado Denver – right downtown – and I’m very excited!  First, though, I need to find an apartment.  That’s what I’m doing right now, and it’s like finding a needle in a haystack.  The market is extremely competitive in Denver at the moment, so wish me luck!

Today marks the end my first full week of running since I was in Split, Croatia on June 8^th, and it marks the first week of running totally pain free (at least in my Achilles) since I was in Belgium. I only ran (more like “easy-jogged”) about three times from June 8^th to July 21^st, which might be more time off than I’ve taken in ten whole years of running!  I’m still not even sure if my Achilles is healed.  There seems to be a little lump of scar tissue under the skin that won’t go away, but I’ve been pain-free for quite some time.   I kept active with biking and swimming in my time off, but somehow I still got way out of running shape. I feel like my body is learning how to run again.  It’s a struggle but it seems to be coming back to me relatively quickly.  And I’m in Colorado now so I get to run in some cool new places again! 

I think I’ll hold off on traveling for a while.  I have so many ideas, though.  I’d like to run from the source of the Rhine River in Switzerland to its mouth in the Netherlands – about 800 miles.  That was actually the original idea for this trip, but for reasons of practicality and finances, we decided to just do a regular European tour.  Someday I’ll do something like that, though.  Maybe I’ll start with a run across Nebraska first.