MILE 1 - 8 a.m. Start time. 63 degrees with a high in the mid-eighties. Lots of sunshine today...
MILE 2 - Starting with trails again today...
MILE 3 - Truly a beautiful day...
MILE 4 - Heading north through town to the marsh...
MILE 5 - I am still dreaming of the days when all 26.2 miles are as effortless as the first five miles...
MILE 6 - Only two days to go until the Cellcom Greenbay marathon...
MILE 7 - Hopefully there are no major storms Sunday morning...
MILE 8 - I will be taking three of my kids with me tomorrow and we will be camping...
MILE 9 - I am excited about my kids getting to see an event like this...
MILE 10 - Not to mention, they will get to see world famous Lambeau field, home of the Green Bay Packers...
MILE 11 - Unfortunately this is the one year we can't finish inside of the stadium because of construction...
MILE 12 - I am feeling amazing so far today. I must have had the right amount of coffee this morning!...
MILE 13 - That may be the easiest twelve miles I have ever done! Must be because Eric joined up with me around mile six or so...
MILES 14 & 15 - On my own again until around mile 20 or 21...
MILE 16 - Heading into the marsh...
MILE 17 - The wind has picked up significantly as the temperature works its way toward the eighties...
MILE 18 - And now the fun part, running back to the south, straight into this wind...
MILE 19 - This is about where the run really begins today...
MILE 20 - Time to just grind it out!..
MILE 21 - I think I am ready for Green Bay (with over seven thousand miles of preparation in the last two and a half years!)...
MILE 22 - Time for another running partner to join me!...
MILE 23 - It is now getting very hot!...
MILE 24 - Very, very hot!!!...
MILE 25 - Last two miles...
MILE 26 - Even with the heat I can say that today went great! I Can't wait to do this again tomorrow! If you are reading this I can say thanks for staying with me.
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