I didn't post last week but I went on my longest run (all by myself) on Wednesday. I thought I would go for running for 2 hours figuring that would be a relatively good indicator of how I would feel during the race. We have mentioned, to get mileage in here one has to travel across most of the town so I started from our house and went up and down some roads towards the actual town. I had a point that I originally thought that I would turn and head towards home but when I got there I thought, "I am not too far from the high school. I could just finish there and ride home with the kids". So I barreled on, feeling okay other than way too many "nature" needs.

I got to the high school at about 1:15, a bit shorter than 2 hours. I didn't see the kids around the track and was debating what I should do. Then I saw Mason running with his group and asked when he was going to get done. His coach said ~45 minutes. Well, there was my 2 hours. I took off again but decided I would just go about 30 more minutes. Oh my gosh, the first 15 were okay but my calves were absolutely killing me the last 15. I was to the point of just pushing my feet forward. Funny though, I got back to the high school and I wasn't quite to 1:45 so I circled around the parking lot until my watch hit that. Then I was happy to stop. End result? 10.84 miles!!! Yay, that made me happy.

Then yesterday, Curtis and I went out for a mid to maybe a bit long run again. This time I was aiming for 1:30 and made it to 1:24. We were pooped but got just over 9 miles. So, I am trained as I am going to get. Hopefully good enough :)

The weather forecast is making me happy. Curtis is very excited to pack shorts!! See you all in a couple of days!

~Sherry

ps: Syd ran a 6:17 mile at her meet on Saturday!! Mason ran his 2 mile in 11:07. Not his best but pretty good if you ask me.