Running down a dream...

I've had that Tom Petty song running through my head on my past couple of runs, but it's a good one, so I don't mind too much. This week has been a long one filled with more biking than running, but I feel good about it. I was a little sore after the 25K, but it was my knee that was bothering me from my fall. It was all bruised up, so I decided to bike more this week and so far I'm at 32 miles on the bike. I ran some short mileage with the track team, but they were fast miles and it felt good to go fast with them! I don't think I could ever keep up with them in a 1 mile or 2 mile race, but they could not ever keep up with me on a 17 mile run! I did get in one medium run of 7.5 miles and today Michael and I went to the Wolf River Trails for a 10 miler and that was fun. We went faster than I normally go and were talking the whole time.

Tomorrow is the last race of the WCCS series and it's the 10K at Shelby Farms. I'm going to try to run it as fast as I can so I can maybe take 3rd overall in the series. If not, that's okay with me - at least I'll get a good run out of it. Then I'll stay around and run about 10 more to get 16 for the day. This next week I could possibly break 50 miles, which is really exciting for me. The most I've ever done is 43 miles! I'll get the 16 tomorrow, do some small runs in the week with the exception of one 8 miler. Then Michael, Patrick, and I are headed to Laurel, MS for the MS50. I'm running the 20K and they are attempting their first 50 miler! I'm going to run the 20K, then wait on them and run the last 12-13 with them...so what is that...depending on how many small runs I do with the track team, about 52! Holy moly that is a lot of miles for me!

I'll drive Michael and Patrick back that night then the next day I fly to DC with some students for a week, so I'll use that week to recover from the 50+ miles. I'll run some while I'm there, but not too terribly much.

Alright, I'm outta there. I'm headed over to my sister's to hang out with my niece! I'll leave you with an AWESOME picture of her - she is starting to smile!!

How precious is that?!?!?!

Happy running!