MID WEEK FUN!

What fun to add another mile to that mid-week run! Not only another mile, but a harder route. We spend plenty of time discussing which is tougher-the long slow climbs or the steep fast ones. Personally I think the long slow climbs are the worst and we have plenty of those in Ruston. Larry told me this morning he was taking my name in vain on the way up Arizona after several steep and slow hills. At least that was the last hill of the run.

Larry was most upset this AM. It seems he missed one of the turns and probably cut off 1/3 of a mile on the route. What could possibly be so upsetting about missing part of the route? It is a mental thing. We are always counting tenths and hundredths of a mile on our runs. When you tell someone you ran a marathon and they ask you how far was it-(HELLO THEY ARE ALL THE SAME DISTANCE), you always say 26.2 miles. After 26 miles why would that .2 be so important? That .2 is often the toughest .2 of the race. In the Marine Corp Marathon, they have you run the last .2 mile-straight up the hill to the Iwo Jima Monument. NOT FUN ONE BIT, but you struggle to at least have a little jog going up and through the chute. WE WANT CREDIT FOR EACH AND EVERY FOOT!

We went to Monroe yesterday to the Bike Shop to pick up some GOO. GOO is a whole different subject that we will explore another day. Suffice it to say that we are once again on a quest to find the best possible energy extender to get us through those long miles after 13. Goo can give baby food a run for the money in the most disgusting!

I am off to greet and hug kids as I open doors of all the mini-vans at the church and then to small group. A Blessed Evening!