Thursday

Hi all,
I'll quickly cover yesterday-

we did a 31 mile bike ride. It was supposed to be a 35 but we got caught in a storm with lightning about mile 20. We were out in the country with nowhere to go but to the cars. Stupid, I know. However, after 3 miles or so of some hard pedaling we started outrunning the storm and finished up well out in front of it. We averaged about 16 1/2 mph but we had a lot of stops and slow downs.

Phil has asked what my plans are . . . . I am no longer triathlon training-too much work. I am just biking and running now. My plan was to run 3 marathons in 10 weeks this fall. Portland, NY, and Huntsville. However, I am dropping Huntsville to give my myself some recovery time for the BIG EVENT. I read John Binghams (Penguin) article in this month's Runners World and it has me thinking of big goals. Disney World Marathon also has a half marathon the day before. The half gets a Donald Duck medal. The full gets a Mickey Mouse medal. If you do both, you get a Goofy medal. I am going for the Goofy medal. I have never tried anything like that before and I will need to make my training sort of fit the pattern . . . . more discussion on that later.

It is 97 degrees and I'm heading out the door for a 7 1/2 miler. woo hoo!