Marathon Man - Splat

Hey Campers, thanks for tuning in again.

I'm celebrating today. I finished 17 miles, ran the whole way and lived to tell of it. 

First 10:   http://www.runningahead.com/maps/c6921ee3553d4eeb87c00c7357ce0821
pit stop at the house - restock water, etc.
Then 7:   http://www.runningahead.com/maps/1a82e7cc0a994509bc7ccc69b7515b4d

It was a weird day. First, about a mile and half in I tripped on a tree root and went flying. Well, it was probably more like tipping over with some velocity. There was blood. 

(Not at all) Oddly I had done the same thing about 6 years ago - went flying, got up and kept running.  I knew this was a test.  So, I got up and kept running.

The next aberration was the weather. It was over 100° yesterday. Today, not so much.  It was down right chilly. And there was thunder and lightening. We don't get thunder and lightening very often in Sacramento.  And a very light rain. I was wondering when my friend Mark would be by to pick me up. The weather really never got started, just these odd bits of activity.

My friend Steve was not at all happy that I'd had scheduled a house stop in the middle of the run - he was sure that I'd get to comfortable and just stop. Well, no worries, Mr. White.  I left the clock running to encourage a brief stop and spent less than two minutes in the house .

So, it was a good run and now I'm having the usual post run soreness, compounded by some shin and palm clean up.

If you're just joining us, this is all about me running the CowTown Marathon this October as a fund raiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Details can be found here.  You can make donations here.

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