I made it under the wire to register for the Gasparilla Marathon

Signing up was not the problem. Proving I was anywhere close to ready was more at issue.

I had a 47 mile week scheduled this past week. I got off fine with a crisp morning birthday run of seven miles on Tuesday. Then I stopped running as work events ate into my nights and tied me to the bed to rest in the mornings. Finally, I went out for 9+ yesterday and planned 15 miles today.

It was about 50 degrees when I left the house and it only got cooler and windier with no sun. The short sleeve shirt, by itself, was barely enough. Nevertheless, I kept running to keep warm and managed to log 19+ miles with a single walk break towards the end. My foot felt fine enough as did the rest of me too.

So I signed up for Tampa on February 28, at the last discount price.

ORC  The turnout this morning was impressive. At least 30 people, between our group and the fasties. I started in first place and fell way behind rather quickly. All those youngsters who used to wheeze along with us have matured and become a lot faster.

Toejam. You’ve heard of toejam? Well that’s what I think happened last week. My toe nails were in need of a little  attention and, without them trim, they caused my toes to jam into the front of my shoe too much on downhills. The toenails weren’t ugly but the toes felt the impact and hurt the area just behind my toes in the meat of the foot.

Jealous. Can’t believe how much fun Jeanne and Susan had in Dallas, except for the running part where it was super cold, in the single digit chill factor.