MILE 2 - (5:14) A little cold right now!...
MILE 3 - (5:27) Started a little early today...
MILE 4 - (5:40) My daughter has a school function at 11:45 this morning...
MILE 5 - (5:53) I have missed these things for six years. NOT today!...
MILE 6 - (6:06) Here comes the morning sun!...
MILE 7 - (6:19) Heading back to the south to pick up a running partner who just texted me...
MILE 8 - (6:31) I will never turn down company on a run!...
MILE 9 - (6:43) It is turning out to be yet another gorgeous day!...
MILE 10 - (6:55) Now running with Eric...
MILE 11 - (7:07) Now it will be that much easier for me to keep moving...
MILE 12 - (7:20) The river is as calm as a mill pond right now...
MILE 13 - (7:33) Deep in the marsh, the land of no cars!...
MILE 14 - (7:46) The wind is non-existent today...
MILE 15 - (7:59) The camera could not come close to capturing the beauty of these families of geese in the marsh....
MILE 16 - (8:12) Heading back to the south...
MILE 17 - (8:24) Feeling exceptionally well today...
MILE 18 - (8:36) Dropped off one running partner, now going further south to get another one!...
MILE 19 - (8:48) Trying to maintain my pace at this point...
MILE 20 - (9:04) You don't know the difference that having a running partner makes until you find yourself at mile 20 without one! Not for long though...
MILE 21 - (9:37) Kahle (mi hijo) running with me now...
MILE 22 - (9:50) One foot in front of the other at this point...
MILE 23 - (10:03) Back to just grinding it out at this point...
MILE 24 - (10:16) The wind out of the south has picked up considerably...
MILE 25 - (10:30) Almost there!...
MILE 26 - (10:45) Glad I started early. It is already getting very, very hot.
FINISH LINE at 11:03 (almost done with enough time to get cleaned up, then off to my daughter's school function, then off to work)
(updated every five minutes)
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