A changing world.

For today's TIART, Amy and Tom at Runners' Lounge have asked us to show off our running world in pictures.

And so I have pictures for you. Some recent, some older. My running world has changed as my life has and where I run now is v. different from where I ran just four years ago.

Four years ago, I was childless and training for a marathon that ran along the Mohawk and Hudson rivers. I spent a lot of time on that route, especially the trail that winds along the Mohawk, while I was training.



After the marathon, I still ran on the trail, just not as often. I mostly ran routes in my city neighborhood and stuck primarily to 5K races like our local Race for the Cure:

the Freihofer's Run for Women:


and assorted other races. Then, this happened:

I didn't run during my pregnancy but as soon as I was cleared to do so after giving birth, I was back at it. I missed running for those 10+ months and it felt great to get back into it.

A year later, I have a toddler. I fit in my runs when I can and I no longer drive to the wonderful trails on which I used to run. We moved out of the city and into the total suburbs. Now, my runs almost always start at my front door:

and they take me out on to my street, through the winding, hilly roads in my neighborhood:

That's my running world right now. I run when I can, where I can. I toss in a race here and there. Someday, my world may expand again but, for now, this works.