Starting my blog again

Quick Update 

It's been a long time since I've written on here.  I've failed at a couple of attempts of updating this blog in the past 3 years, leaving behind unpublished drafts with just a few sentences each.  I just deleted them all and have decided to start fresh.

Life has been a great adventure the last 3 years and I won't dwell on those for now.  I'm in Seattle, Washington, now and loving it.  This summer has been wonderful and Ben and I have had the chance to enjoy it to the fullest.

We've become quite the athletes in our own way and enjoying the outdoors.

An update on our races/events:

2010	Half	SF Half Marathon (1st half)
2010	Half	Long Beach Half Marathon
2011	Half	Rock n Roll Arizona Half
2011	Half	Surf City Half Marathon
2011	Full	Rock n Roll Seattle Full
2011	Full	SF Marathon Full
2011	Half	Rock n Roll San Jose Half
2011	Half	US Half
2011	Full	Rock n Roll Las Vegas Full
2012	Half	US Half "The Other Half"
2012	Full	Rock n Roll Seattle Full
2012	Full	Portland Marathon
2012	Full	Bellingham Trail Marathon
2012	Full	California International Marathon
2013	Half	Lake Sammamish Half Marathon
2013	Half	Rock n Roll Seattle Half
2013	100m Bike	Flying Wheel Century Ride
2013	Tri	Issaquah Triathlon (Sprint)
2013	205m Bike	Seattle to Portland Ride

Our wall of pride below:

What's Happening Now

I wanted to share our many accomplishments because I'm about to undergo ACL reconstruction surgery tomorrow morning.  I tore my right ACL back in January this year and have gone through physical therapy to the extent that I was able to get back to running, biking, kickboxing and hiking.  However, things still haven't been quite the same.  So I've decided to get the reconstruction surgery.

Not going to lie, I'm a little scared.  Putting your body under general anesthesia is scary to me.  Having parts of the hamstring tendons removed and drilling holes into your bones to rebuild a support to act as your ACL is scary.  Going through 6 months of physical therapy and recovery sounds excruciating.  I'm going to need to exert more patience than I've ever had before.  It'll be a challenge but I'll tackle it.

I'm looking forward to having a fully healed knee where I'll be able to play tennis, dancing, jumping, go rock climbing and get back into more running, biking and swimming.  Ben and I have plans to do a marathon every month for a year whenever I'm ready next year.  This list below is what inspires me to take good care of myself and recover well.

This is only the tentative list that we've started and we'll be adding more.

I'll be keeping a journal here of my surgery and its process so I can share my experiences and progress.

Here's to running, dancing, jumping, biking, hiking and much more with all of you later!