Time to Welcome the Newest Member of the Family

These are my race day shoes.  They are the newest members

of the stable.

The taper continues

Tuesday I was happy to run with Rick on the normal 4:15 waterfront run.  A nicely paced 5 miles with a good chance to catch up on things. Wednesday's track workout was interesting.

It was supposed to be a 8 mile run with 3 X 1600 meters at 5k pace.  Since we are on our Spring Break I had no idea when the local high schools would be working out on the tracks around town. I planned to run from home to the Squalicum track to warmup, run the repeats, and then run home. I had a fear that I would get there and the Squalicum team would be using the track but I couldn't think of a better alternative.  I crested the hill on Chandler Parkway and was happy to see that the track was empty. As I got on the track I was not so happy to see a coach walking down the stairs with some cones in his hand and notice all of the cars in the parking lot.  As I finished my first set of strides out came the team from their meeting ready to start their workout.  It looked like my timing couldn't have been worse but when I asked a coach if I could use the outside lane, he said, "Sure, you'll be OK." In the end, it worked out well.

This was really the last hard run of the program.  Now the nerves are starting to amp up a bit.

In the afternoon I met a journalist from the Bellingham Herald for an interview about the marathon and fundraising process.  The story should run either next Monday or on race day itself.

My current fundraising is at $7,150 which seems pretty remarkable to me.

Thursday is a rest day, so rest I will.  It's up to Harrison Hot Springs for a long, long soak.