Wow! Hard to believe that we live 3 hours from the border - drove 8 hours west - and we're still at least 2 more hours from the border. I knew Texas was a big state - but holy crap! I'm staying in a hotel in a very small town in west Texas (pop ~4,000). The hotel is an historic landmark - so I wasn't planning on having net access - but low and behold - they are wired up and wireless out here in the wild west! I'll definitely run a smart, fun race, Bob. I'll check back in with you guys later!

I saw in your Chicago report that you were contemplating Cowtown - any thought of running White Rock? I'm still undecided - but it's on my list - will have to see how I feel after this weekend.

I would probably pass on WhiteRock., but I'll see how the next few weeks go.

Pam and Bob, Thanks so much, I had a great time! I'm working on a race report and will post it here in a bit. Thanks for finding the race results, Bob. I looked for them on the marathon site and they weren't up yet.

Thanks, Pam! I added a link in my log for the race that has the results.

Umm. I think yesterday's marathon made me a little (more) retarded.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I wanna do one of those!!!

LOL - I guess I am only 1/4 retarded - as I only signed up for the 6 hour event. I only need to run 11:36 pace to do a 50k. Or I may try to run closer to 10:30 or 11:00 and quit when I get to 50k. I'll have to see when I get there. Right now it's time to recover and try to remember why I signed up (4 months ago) for a half mary in 3 weeks. I think all this running in the sun has baked my brain.

ONLY signed up for the 6 hour event. La dee da.... Yep, take the time to recover please. Remember when you presented your race schedule earlier in your log, and I said something like things often look good on paper.... or if I didn't say that, I should have.

Haha. I only said "only" because the picture said 24 hour - and I signed up for the 6 hour. I'm definitely going to be doing plenty of recovery. And yes you did warn me that sometimes things look better on paper - and I'm still listening and paying attention. Like I said - I'm planning to only run enough to do 50k - IF I think it's doable - it's mostly a chance to explore my limits, have fun, and hopefully run with some ultra running "stars". I'll certainly bail earlier if anything starts going wrong. It's a 2.24 mile loop course - so it's real easy to bail out if I need to. I've also changed my mind about running another marathon this year. I think I'm going to sign up for the half marathon at White Rock and run with some work friends who are first time halfers. They are planning on finishing in 2:30ish - so this will actually be a nice slow run for me. Instead - again based on how things go - I may run the Cowtown marathon in February with Derek. I'm going to look at what the training plan might look like over the next few days before I decide though.

Ok Mike, I see that the sun baked your brain during your marathon.... Pam, what's your excuse?

Having children has fried my brain