From the "Run Faster Mommy" Blog

The topic at The Runner's Lounge "Take it and Run Thursday":

"You get to run the last six miles of your next marathon with 6 different people. They can be dead or alive; famous or not famous. Who are these people and why did you pick them? Furthermore, why did you pick them for the specific mile you did? Remember, you get an extra .2 miles with runner #6."

Since I've never run a marathon, much less a half marathon...well, it's a bit of a stretch, but I'm hoping to one day have a marathon under my belt.

Mile 20-21 - My brother, Michael. He's run two marathons now and I think could coach me through another mile....although we might just spend the whole time teasing each other...

Mile 21-22 - My friend Karah - she's one of the people who inspired me to take up running in the first place. She's a Boston Marathon qualifier on her second attempt and quite a whiz about all this running stuff. http://www.tiredmamarunning.blogspot.com/

Mile 22-23 - My mom - someone who has taught me about perserverence and grace under pressure...definitely someone I want pushing me.

Mile 23-24 - My sister Angie - one of the strongest women I know.

Mile 24-25 - Team Hoyt - if you've never heard of them you should watch this them...be fore warned, you'll probably cry...But I think for me the 2nd to last mile would be the hardest...totally inspiring to run alongside them.


Mile 25-26.2 - My kids - wouldn't that be awesome? Little kids have so much energy and wouldn't they just get a kick out of running through the cheering finale?

Rain, Rain, Go Away!!!!

Well, it has been raining since Saturday...or was it Friday...the days are all starting to run together into one big muddy mess.

Our back yard has horrible drainage due to clay soil and the entire development (from what I hear) has poor grading. This results in every few yards being the swamp. And we just happened to be one of the lucky ones. This is a picture of what our yard looks like when it rains...you may need to enlarge it to appreciate how far up the water comes...and it stays wet for at least 2-4 days depending on how much rain we've gotten.



Unfortunately, with an active little boy who loves his backyard, and an older sister who can't go to any indoor jump places due to her cast....well, we've seen this face around ALOT!