"Celebration Run"

This week was our 26-mile celebration run. It was out in Griffith park, and it was all the training groups put together by our training program! Only one person from my group was there, Camilla, but the two of us really bonded, and when she couldn't stop anymore for the last 3 miles becasue her knee hurt, I ran with her to the finish, so we finished together! It was difficult, but good to know that we can run almost the full distance of a marathon, only .2 more miles in the real thing in 1 month!

it was also lots fo fun to run with the larger group of people, and meet some new people. It was really cold in teh morning, but after about a mile and a half, it was plenty warm, and as the day wore on, it got pretty HOT! They had set up a fun finish line for all of us, and we got little medals for finishing!

Afterward I took a nice long ice bath and watched the 2nd half of the USC/Cal football game on TV- Meghan, my sweet roommate and inspiration for doing this (she did it last year, and inspired me while we were in London) had driven out to Santa Monica to surprise me, but the run was in Griffith park, but she picked up a deli sandwich for me and we celebrated together in the bathroom- me in the ice bath, her sitting there- awesome.

I was pretty tired, but it's nice to know that a marathon is completely within reach.

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Ten again...

This week was a recovery run of 10 miles; it was a perfect, clear day and nice for a run. Christina, Sally, and I did the run together and really enjoyed each other's company


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THANK YOU to:
Peter West