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Stop, Rehabilitate & Listen

On January 11, 2019January 12, 2019 By missshellshockIn TrainingLeave a comment

Rest and recovery, it's just as important as actual training I have come to discover in the past year or so. Rest to me, before I was enlightened, meant taking multiple days off in a row and running garbage weekday miles so I could save myself for outrageously long weekend distances. I mean, if that's …

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Hey. I'm still here. Surviving. Thank you to everyone who has reached out and given me their love this past week. I took on another job and that has helped me stay busy and occupied but I'm not going to lie, the nighttime is the worst. When you've had sleeping kitties on your bed with you most nights for 14 years and all of a sudden you don't...well, it sucks. My motivation for running has been low but I got out there today with some beautiful weather and dry trails and it rejuvenated me a bit. #SalomonSquad #TimeToPlay (also, @salomonrunning killing it with the cute, comfy running tees. Just tried this Comet Classic Tee today and I'm in ♥️)

At 8pm yesterday, I took my kitty Fez to the same emergency vet that I had to say goodbye to his brother Hyde a mere 3 weeks ago. He was puking acid, whimpering and breathing heavily. Within 3 hours, he was being treated as critical and needed the help of oxygen to breath. X-rays showed he had a lot of fluid in his abdomen but they didn't have the equipment available that evening to see what exactly was the cause. The likely prognosis was cancer or something else just as fatal. He was progressively getting worse as he was being treated, which is never a good sign. He looked absolutely awful. Around 2 am, the doctor had told me he was actively dying and that they could intervene and try to make his heart work harder to stay alive or I could unhook him from everything and say goodbye. They had me wait in the next room for them to bring him over to me as I sat there and wondered how the hell this could possibly be happening again and how I was going to be able to deal with looking at Fez as he died so soon after having had to with Hyde. The doctor came in with him in a blanket, kneeled in front of me and said "he's gone" and placed him in my arms. Within 6 hours, he was gone. We had just spent all day cuddling yesterday after having come home from my trip. He seemed his normal loveable self. The doctor kindly offered to do an autopsy free of charge so that I could have answers. He died of a very rare infection in his chest cavity that had burst and put him into septic shock. There wasn't anything they could have done for him for a different outcome when I walked in that door. Both of my kitties, gone, within 3 weeks of each other, both having died from different illnesses, both having seemed fine all the way until I brought them into the vet. I am heartbroken. I didn't even want to say anything this time around because it seems just too impossible but my baby deserves the recognition of his life as much as my other guy. You probably won't see me on here for a bit after posting this. Thank you for the love, kisses, cuddles and memories Fez Dillon, 2005-2019.

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain." - Dune, Arrakis, Desert Planet⁣ ⁣ When you think of everything you want for your future, it can seem so overwhelming that it seems impossible to attain. It can cloud your present, replace your current views and thoughts with fear instead of action. Nothing changes without action. You must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. ⁣ ⁣ #SalomonSquad #TimeToPlay ⁣ 📷:@driftlesstwenties

The cap to the #pumpkinspicecappuccinocowgirlsvacay ⁣ ⁣ We stomped the earth in 2 different states. We shivered a lot but we escaped the Colorado snow. We breathed really hard and got lost A LOT on a trail that was labeled as "easy to follow". We had famous pizza and laughed super hard, mostly playing Heads Up. We climbed the tallest mountain in AZ on the most beautiful day and we quickly romped in Monument Valley amongst the dick rocks in the sinking sand. 47 miles and 10,300 feet of vertical gain over 6 days were ran, sometimes hobbled. We forgot to drink a cappuccino but we didn't forget to drink beer. Sip sip. ⁣ ⁣ #SalomonSquad #TimeToPlay @preppydirtbag @trail_kat

Humphreys Peak for the Flagstaff adventure win! A perfect weather day (that I brought all of my layers for 😂) and a gorgeous climb with the typical #pumpkinspicecappuccinocowgirlsvacay shennagins at the top. I lasted all the way until the bottom before I tripped and fell over a leaf covered root 💪. Happy #hilloween ! #SalomonSquad #TimeToPlay 📷: @trail_kat

Being awkward. It's a look. Don't try and replicate it. #SalomonSquad #TimeToPlay #pumpkinspicecappuccinocowgirlsvacay 📷: @trail_kat

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