Keep on Smiling, Keep on Running!-May you go Far

This is the eighth week of training. Tuesday was typical-went to Lake Merritt and ran around the Lake, which is approximately three miles. I may start going around the Lake twice on Tuesdays-just to up the mileage a bit. On this Thursday, there was not a track practice in the evening, so I went to the Borders in San Francisco to see Dean Karnazes (ultra marathon man) with my friend Sam. Dean is a guy who started running long, and I mean long, distances later in life. He has run a marathon in Antartica, the Badwater (which is about 145 miles through Death Valley) and, Western States (100 mile trail run in Northern CA). Most recently, he ran 50 marathons in 50 consecutive days, in 50 different states. So, it was really inspiring to hear him speak about his experiences. In my book, he wrote "Keep on Smiling, Keep on Running!-May you go Far"

On Saturday, we had the long run with the Team. I was back at Inspiration Point, which is more hills, more hills, and more hills. I had a really great run with everyone. For some people, it was their first time to run in double digits, so it is always fun to see how excited and happy people are.

I'm having a great injury free season so far and am looking forward to my next long run of 12 miles next Saturday.