Next time I'm taken the bus!

As you see above...this is the route that Bryan and I undertook today. And let me tell you how FAR it really is! Since I haven't blogged in a long time, I figure I'll give you a little taste of what's going on training wise.

I believe the last time I blogged, I had just finished running a 14 mile run. I felt great after that run surprisingly enough, however, after that weekend I got lazy. Now those of you that know me well know how lazy I can get....However, my laziness that I experienced over the last few weeks was no where near what I've been known for in the past. I was still getting my short runs in, however, I had lost the enthusiasm about doing this training. Well, after talking to a buddy who ran Boston Marathon this last month, I started to get back in my groove, well sort of.

Well, that brings us to the run today. Now usually I do my long runs on the weekends.....but this weekend is the birthday celebration weekend. Jen and I are going with friends to the Twins game Sat night to celebrate my birthday, and hers as well. Oh, and to see Jenny's buddy Jacoby Ellisbury.....for those of you that don't know...Jenny's roommate in college was dating this young man...so Jen of course got to know him....and now years later..he's a center fielder for the Boston Red Sox...that's the team that the Twinkies play this weekend. Back to the run, I conned Bryan into running with me....we ran the route that you see above. The run was beautiful...however challenging. Bryan and I were clipping along quite nicely....until we hit mile 15. Who woulda thought that you could hit a brick wall as hard as we did. However, we grinded through it and made it to the end. I have to say I'm proud of Bryan for working so hard to get to 17.5 miles.

So, happy weekend running to all of you.....and to my buddy Bryan...NEXT TIME WE'RE DRIVING;-)

See y'all!
Dave