Debra -- raspberry truffle? Oh, man! That sounds fabulous!
Way to go, WellesleyPrincess!! Awesome, awesome time!
So, do they give out any goodies to the top 3? My friend got a $20 gift card to a local restaurant/bar recently. I thought that was a very cool prize!
Angie -- So glad your 3 miles went well yeterday.
Are you still feeling okay today?
Jackie -- Woohoo! on W1D2 - I am a HUGE C25K fan now, though I'm sorry about your shin splints. Do you think you went too fast to start? When I was doing long training sessions in the late fall, I found that almost consistently I'd get shin splints that would last the first 1.5-1.6 miles and then they were gone. I hope yours don't last that long.
I hope you had fun with your fartlek session, though why are you running 2 days in a row, young lady?! Do I have to go all MOM on you?
Tracy -- You are a darling! I thought about those cowbells quite a bit during my race today!
I hope the heat and humidity aren't too bad for your 8 miler tomorrow.
smileyk8 --
on the 7.1!!! That pace is rockin!! I really like running in the rain, too, as long as it isn't cold and rainy.
Jeff -- 14 miles?
I LOVE that I NEVER have to do 14 miles again. 13.1 is far enough!
Maura -- I don't think there was ever a chance of anyone thinking you are a slug. Silly girl! 16 miles? WOW!!!
Carrie & Scott- Thinking of you both this weekend. I'm so glad you got your mini-tri training session in before heading away for the weekend. Sending you huge hugs!
Okay, first of all, thanks for all the good WISHes and all that awesome virtual cowbell that I heard in my head and thought of so much this morning.
The bad news is I was nowhere near sub 40:00. The heat and humidity kicked my butt and the sun was relentless on this fast and flat course. I'll face the same course again at an evening race on 8/13. I am hoping that is THE ONE.
The good -- my first mile was 11:32!!! That was so exciting!
My splits:
Mile 1 -- 11:32
Mile 2 -- 13:50
MIle 3 -- 14:36
Overal time 41:50 -- pace 13:20.
My friend who is a very accomplished runner said her time was a full 3 minutes slower than it usually is on this course. The winners in the various divisions were at least 1-2 minutes slower than we normally see. It made my delay in reaching my goal a bit more tolerable.
I'd like to think that once I get sub-40:00 the improvements to endurance and speed will continue. Right now, that is the pot of gold at the end of my rainbow.
Thank you to everyone for the support.
BTW, sorry to go on and on in so much detail, but I know how much I depend on hearing about the good times and the bad and the struggles and the factors that impact our performances among my teammates. The most important lesson I have learned on this journey is that the best we can do on any given day is the best we should do. So many circumstances are beyond our control -- weather conditions, course conditions, an untied shoelace, crowds, etc.. We can only control our attitudes and our effort under the circumstances. We need to go into it with the best attitude we can and give the best we have in us at the time. Thank you for teaching me this. Otherwise, it would be easy to view a delay in reaching my goal as a failure.
). Imagine my surprise when I went into labor a week early... 
Who says bad weather should stop ppl from running 
DH and I plan on volunteering for the full so would love to be part of a team effort. To do a team thing I'm guessing we need to coordinate it with Disney, yes? Think I remember something about that in a thread a while back. Would be more than happy to help with setting it up -just let me know. (or did I just volunteer....
