70 minutes = 7.93 miles
Rockin' it like a hurricane.

60 minutes

60 minutes = 6.86 miles
I don't feel like barfing! Irish oatmeal is bubbling away on the stove and I'm gonna eat!

Also, since February 28, when I ventured out with this lil' Nike+ chip in my shoe, I have run 188 miles. Holy smokes!

O.M.G.

Check it! You know where we will be after running 13.1 miles? Shoving brats in our gullets:
http://www.bratfest.com/

Sometimes I suck because I am too lazy to run. Boo.

t.

Oh yes, and hello chafing!

It can't go unnoted that I have experienced my first real chafing tonight as well! Armpits and inner thighs will get a nice dose of Vaseline. I think this means I'm a real runner!

Better late than never?

After a 3 hour nap, I had a 1.5 hour run (without stopping!). I have no idea how long it was, but I'm guessing 8 miles maybe? I haven't had a good long run yet that coincided with a strong and steady pace, until tonight! The last three miles I ran facing west, and I looked up and saw a crazy beautiful rainbow in the sky. It wasn't raining here today, so I figured it must have been Lauryn telling me to get my butt in gear and use the last two weeks for training! (Or just to enjoy the run and the process that will lead up to our main event in two weeks!)

I'm definitely feeling nervous. I know I can run half of it, and after that it will all just be a grand surprise!

Happy trails!

After a couple prolonged tantrums--both from a loving two year old and his mother--I begged baby's daddy to come home from school an hour early yesterday so that I could run. And he did. And I did. And what a difference a run can make. My energy increased and I felt more peace than I had hours earlier. I ran for 36 of my intended 45 minutes, stopping early because I saw a friend and her children and wanted to walk home with them.

Tomorrow I will go to Madison and hope to see the route of the race. I'm packing my shoes. And short shorts.

t.