Just a quick trip around the neighborhood as my running shoes were feeling neglected. It is freakishly warm 65 degrees right now. Aaaah it feels so good!
In all of this down time of not running I've been looking for my next goal. I finally found it two days ago. The Heartland 100 and 50 mile races at Cassoday, KS in Fall 2009. http://www.ksultrarunners.org/ (scroll to the bottom). This will give me the next 4 months to work on strength and speed. (It would be nice to PR at the Snickers Marathon in March. ) After that I'll get back to putting in the longer distance training again.
You know you have a good friend when you tell them you toying with the idea of doing a 100 miler and thier response is "Sounds like fun, do you mind if I join you?". No Kidding. I often wonder if runners aren't just a brain damaged group of folks.
I've got an 18 miler scheduled for Sunday with a wonderful young lady training for her first marathon. This will be my first long run in 3 weeks. I'm really looking forward to it.
I found this quote today and liked it so much I thougth I'd share: I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso | 