Hit the Wall: ROW80 Update

It's Thursday. I haven't posted since last Friday. I've missed two A Round of Words in 80 Days (ROW80) updates... something I've never done.

I am doing my first half marathon Labor Day weekend. While visiting my parents last week, my sister (and marathon runner) asked how my training was going. I told her I felt good, and I was ready. Then she mentioned "the wall".

She said every runner has a wall, and you won't necessarily know what your wall is until you hit it.

That night, I dreamed about running into an invisible wall during the race and collapsing. I have not written a word or blog post since.

SourceI realized... I hit my writing wall.

Every time I sat down to write, I froze. Nothing came, and the desire was simply not there.

I didn't want to have too many days without a post, so I'm writing this post without a well-developed answer for...

1) Why I hit the wall.
2) What I'm going to do about it.

For now, I'm taking a blog/writing vacation until Monday when my kids go back to school. I'm going to focus on them (and other things) and stop putting pressure on myself for a couple of days.

Wish me luck, and stick with me. I'll be back!