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UPDATE: Cinco de Mayo 10k Photos are uploaded
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There is an interesting article in today's paper about a local ultrarunner. Check it out!

I rested Monday after Sunday's effort. My hamstrings were shot. I decided to get out for a few miles this morning. The original plan was for just a couple easy miles, but then I decided I wanted 6. So I headed out for 6.1 miles. This was my first 6-mile pre-work run on this training cycle, and as I thought about it afterwards, I realized that was sort of a big milestone for me. But this morning, it didn't feel like a big milestone. I just wanted six miles and that's what felt right so that's what I did.

At about 4.7 miles, it hit - that feeling. You know what I mean. That feeling that hits you when you get warmed up and into a groove and the endorphins start to flow. The ohh-yeah-THAT'S-why-I-run feeling. The oh-man-this-is-the-greatest-thing-in-the-world feeling. A smile starts to spread over your face and you feel invincible. The pain has faded and there's nothing but you and the wind and the sun and the breeze. Ahh, that's the life.

Good thing I started today like that, because shortly after, I discovered one of my tires were flat. Then I ran into a pole in the covered parking thing-a-ma-bob at work and am now sporting a nice patch of turquoise on the front bumper of my car. After a coworker coached me through how to put air in my tires, she worked with me to get my car to the tire shop and me back to work. An hour later, my tire was patched (damn nail) and all four tires were balanced and rotated. Just in time for me to leave for an out-of-town meeting this evening, whew.

I completely forgot to write about the awesome kids race on Sunday - yes, bad mom, I know! This was the first kids race where Ash actually knew what he was doing. He took off like a shot and hit all four corners and made it back to the start. He was so cute and had so much fun. I'm still working on the pictures - hopefully I'll have them up this week.

Alrighty, I'm off to that out-of-town meeting. Can't wait to read all the accounts of everyone's races this past weekend - particularly the Miwok recaps!