Countdown to Phoenix
In less than 2 weeks I’ll be on a plane to Phoenix for the RnR Marathon & 1/2 marathon (I’m doing the half). 2 weeks from Sunday is the big day (13th of Jan). After being a total sloth this month, I was on the road for 1:57 today, racking up 8.5 miles. It wasn’t raining (or sleeting or snowing) for change so I wasn’t bad weather to be outside in. Oh yeah, 40 degrees, too. 
The distance/time wasn’t too bad. I would like to have broken 9 miles but it just didn’t happen.
I also didn’t think the times were too bad given not a whole lot of sleep last night. I’m taking care of an abandoned cat right now and let it sleep with me last night. This cat has NOT figured out how to lie next to a human, it needs to be ON the human. As in starting on the stomach, progressing up the chest, front paws either on the chin or around the neck and purring nose about 5-6" from your face. It wants to make sure you FEEL the LOVE. 
I’d feel it better if I got some more shut eye. LOL.
Maybe one more long walk and the rest of the time will be 1 hour walks aiming more for speed than anything else so that I get more used to walking fast.
December 30, 2007 at 9:59 am
Good luck Richard!
January 9, 2008 at 7:11 pm
Thats a lot of woalking good deal, I actually find speed walking to be harder than running. Don’t worry either you or the cat will adapt. Either you will need the purring to sleep or he will feel good about laying at you side. Try making a rounded out section in the covers next to you like a little cove. On the walking you sound like you know what you need to do. I saw you weight loss, quite impressive.
Good luck!
Chris