It has been just a week and a couple days, but it feels so much longer. I "conquered" Mount Diablo (benefiting my legs and Save Mount Diablo) on March 20th. Or, perhaps the devil's mountain conquered me, for I'm still exhausted from my trek. Back in January, I did a difficult (and muddy!) trail race. The March one was more challenging in many ways, but I actually ended up being much faster. (The February 10k was flat and I successfully got a personal record for that distance.) During this particular race, I crossed several creeks. Since part of the course was a loop, I re-crossed the same creeks on the way back. There were fifteen crossings in all, if I counted correctly. There were several dramatically uphill portions, including a small path with a huge fallen tree blocking the way. I was quite the sight in my tutu (worn for Tutus for Tanner) climbing over that large log.

But I did it.

Thus far in 2010, I've done two 5ks, three 10ks, and two half-marathons. Interestingly, the half-marathons were exactly a month apart - February 7th and March 7th. My next scheduled race isn't until mid-April, and then I just got a great opportunity to kick off the month of May (during which I have three races scheduled.) I'm a quarter of the way into Project 2010k and pretty happy.

In other words, I'm tired. But it is definitely a "good" type of tired.

Photo: Yeah, standing on the bathtub using a cameraphone.