What a week!

First of all, congrats to everyone who raced today!! It was a seemingly perfect day for marathoning - hopefully both Minneapolis and Milwaukee stayed dry!

I had a good week, although I was short about 10 miles. I knew I would be, however, with my trip to San Francisco. I did not run at all there because my time was so limited. My conference was very interesting, and when not at that, we tried to pack in as much action as possible. With that said, I will not call my rest days in SF "rest" days because we walked several crazy hilly miles every day.

The trip was so much fun! We went to Pier 39 and saw all of the crazy (and loud!) sea lions. It was pretty hilarious. We went through China town and many neighborhoods. Of course we made it a point to ride the trolley every night - always entertaining. We hit Muir Woods and that was really awesome. The ride down there (and out) was crazy curvy, insane. I was laughing so hard b/c I really did not expect that. We drove through Pacific Heights which was equally nuts. At the crest of one hill I was afraid to stop at the stop sign in fear we would roll back and I could not see into the intersection with the angle we were at.

We went to Coit Tower which was like the Twillight Zone. It was really cool, but clearly had not been updated in 40-50 years. We got into this rickety elevator to get up, hung out for a while, then went back to get on the elevator. The emergency stairs were literally bolted shut, so that was a bit unsettling. Needless to say, we were happy when the guy in the rickety elevator came back to get us!

We met loads of different people and saw all kinds of great things. It was truly a priceless trip. I do not think I have laughed that much in years either.

But enough on that. Here is my running breakdown for this week:

M: rest

T: 9.77 miles with 5x600 meters; 9 second rest (paces: 6:57, 6:32, 6:43, 6:59, 7:13)

W: 6.6 easy (8:58) ; walk several miles around SF

R: Walk several miles around SF

F: Walk several miles around SF; hike Muir Woods

Sa: rest - long travel day!

Su: 16.08 (8:35) in the rain. Last mile 7:49 pace.

Total: 32.5

All in all a good week. Miles going down, paces following suit. Two weeks until C-bus.

I picked up Runner's World for the plane, which was enjoyable. It had a running mantra for motivation on those days it is just tough to get out there. It went along these lines:

There will come a day when I cannot do this. Today is not that day.

Simple and to the point. Good stuff.