Javelina Hundred!

A running buddy of mine, John Vaupel is training for the upcoming "Javelina Jundred" on Saturday, November 12th.  We used to run a lot together (even doing our first full marathon together in January 2009) but he's been going WAY too far for the likes of me :-)  Please check out his fascinating blog.  It's an up close and personal account of what he's gone through to train for this grueling 100 mile race.  I wish him the best of luck for a great race and speedy recovery!

http://www.johnvaupel.com/

Have any of you moms ever done a 100 mile race?  If so, how in the world did you find the time and stamina to train for it?  You're my hero if you pulled it off!

Feelin' Alive!

For the first time in months, I feel alive running again!  With the cooler temperatures, I've been steadily increasing my mileage and speed with relative ease.  Being born and raised in Arizona does NOT make me immune to the higher temperatures.  Many of the people I run with say it affects them too, but I can see not as badly as it affects me.  Once the morning temps dropped into the 60's (my ideal running temperature) I was shocked at how much better I ran!  I'm still tossing around the idea of doing the Lost Dutchman marathon on Feb. 19, 2012 but can't seem to commit quite yet.  For now, I'm doing some solid 10 mile runs on the weekend with my usual speed work and 5 mile tempo runs.  Life is good!