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October 7, 2007
A Quiet Weekend?
As the countdown to our trip to the US continues, so does my new-found fondness of training. Indeed. The fact that for the past few weeks I hadn't run an inch over 7 miles during any one run, didn't stop me this weekend. Jeff was in town and with his contagious inspiration and motivation and cheerfulness, I was not going to have a tough time :)
On Friday afternoon I picked Jeff up at his offices and we took the scenic, hilly, green, twist-and-turn-until-you-feel-like-you're-going-in-the-direction-from-whence-you-came route back home. It only took about an hour and a half before we reached the safety of home. A quick walk and some supper later sleep was my calling, but Andy and Jeff stayed up and watched some film - I think it has Star Wars somewhere in the title.
After a leisurely late lie-in, myself and Jeff readied ourself and tried to convince Andy that he WANTED to ride his bike and carry our water. Andy unfortunately didn't feel like playing along, but then again, he was on call and couldn't really leave the area and be more than 20 minutes away from home.
So out to the Cloud trail we went. Never before has 12 miles felt so short. Between various jokes involving various names I tried to catch my breath, but as soon as I did, the next one arrived and I would once again try to control laughter. It had more of a wheezing sound to it than laughter in the end :)
The run reminded me that that trail was there and I seriously do need to get there more often.
For the evening we headed out to a Mexican restaurant and a movie. Run Fatboy Run was a great feel-good movie that made me laugh ... its definitely worth the watch :)
Early this morning we had to say goodbye to Jeff. I was sad to see him go, but we'll catch up with him again in Feb.
Right now, I'm snoozy, sleepy, and in need of a night's rest.
Congrats to Juls that finished the Chicago marathon!
PS. South Africa beat Fiji in the Rugby World Cup earlier! Woo!
Posted by karinm at October 7, 2007 6:41 PM
Comments
Did she get her BQ?
Posted by: ff_jef at October 8, 2007 8:56 AM
Thanks for the congratulations on my "survival" of the race.
Posted by: Juls at October 8, 2007 4:38 PM
home safe and sounds, thanks! glad i checked my flight times before i headed off to sleep on saturday.
thanks for the great hospitality! you guys really allowed me to relax after a very tough week at work!
gotta find some time to pull the pics off the camera.
Posted by: jeff at October 8, 2007 11:02 PM