I'M BACK....

HI EVERYONE! HOPE YOU'RE HAVING A NICE WEEK OF RUNNING AND SWEATING. SO HAPPY THE FLOOD HAS CRESTED AND IS RECEDING.

THIS WEEK, WE HAVE: SPEED INTERVALS, A FEW "EASY" (HAH, IT ALL BECOMES RELEVANT!) 6-8 MILERS AND A LOOOONG ENDURANCE RUN OF 17 MILES.

AHH...IF THAT'S NOT BAD ENOUGH...I HAVE MY HUSBAND, DREW, WHO IS ALSO TRAINING FOR THE WHOLE SHEBANG. HE IS SO FUNNY, NORMALLY, BUT NOT WHEN HE'S TRAINING. POOR THING. JUST ABOUT EVERY OTHER DAY, HE SAYS, "THIS IS IT. THIS IS MY LAST MARATHON." HE'S LESS ENTHUSED AND INVIGORATED BY WHAT HIS BODY IS CAPABLE OF.

IN HIS DEFENSE, SINCE HIS OCCUPATION HAS CHANGED, SO HAS HIS RUNNING HABITS OF RUNNING AT LUNCHTIME ON THE SAME PATH, FOR EIGHT YEARS. CHANGE IS HARD. AND, BLESS HIS HEART, DREW'S RESISTANT TO CHANGE. MOST NIGHTS YOU'LL FIND HIM STARTING HIS RUN AT 9, 10 OR EVEN 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. UGH. HE DOES THEM, THOUGH.

I GUESS WE DO WHAT WE CAN TO KEEP ON TARGET. KEEP IT UP. THERE AREN'T' REALLY TOO MANY MORE WEEKS BEFORE OUR BIG DAY!

AND, SIGN UP FOR THE PASTA FEED! I'M SPEAKING AT THE 5:30-6:00 PASTA SEATING. I HOPE IT'S NOT JUST OUR FAMILIES. :) ALTHOUGH, THAT WOULD PUT ME AT EASE. :)

NEARLY ANOTHER WEEK BITES THE DUST...KEEP PRESSING ON, AND TRY NOT TO COMPLAIN, LIKE DREWSKI.