July 30, 2008 - Hard Morning

When I walked outside at 5:30, it was that feeling you get when you open the oven to see if the cookies are ready and all the hot air hits you in the face and takes your breath. It is remarkably warm, amazingly still and about 170% humidity. I never felt like I could catch my breath just from walking out there. All said, I only covered 1.6 miles in my 29:45 minutes. Don't feel like I received any benefit from this mornings walk/jog.

I am going to edit the really long post from yesterday and take off what Olivia's mom had to say. It is a good story, but you can click on her link and read it all. It takes up the whole first page and I am not a big fan of redundancy - I get enough of that.

Look for some work on the blog tonight. I am going to change the honored links to be clickable so you can go directly to the Caring Bridge or blog site for each person that has one. I know that sounds simple, but it is more work then you may think. Chalk that up as coming soon.

Leaving tomorrow to go to the beach for the weekend. I am excited as I am going to get to run on the very flat end of Fort Morgan Road while smelling the sea breeze. It will be a nice change from running here.

Please continue to pray for the people listed on the site. Also want to add my Mamaw who is in the hospital. She is 89 (I think) and they are running some test on her today. Also, Rachael and my girls head out to the beach today to get a head start. Please lift them up while they are on the road.

Fundraising is starting. I think I have $675 so far, so a little over 10%. Please consider donating to support the cause. I received a commitment from Moe's on Friday that they will host a night for me at the Alabaster location and donate 10% of the sale's. Once I get all of that worked out, I will post the details.

Team in Training will kick of recruiting next week for the winter races. If you have any desire to participate, and live in Alabama or NW Florida, email cindy.walton@lls.org. If you live somewhere else, click the link on the right and go to the official TNT site and request info. Your local chapter will contact you. If you ever wanted to do a marathon, you won't find a better cause and you have plenty of time train.

Cumulative miles since the start of training: 54.35 miles