Afternoon trailers. Travel day for the big 100 mile debut. Scared shitless. Have a great weekend everyone! Will update Sunday.

Good luck, hope your plan will bring you to the finish line!

I'm mot surprised that we are a community of volunteers.    I asked the question because I have a patient who works for non-profits doing fundraising.  She said it was well known that people who exercise and take care of themselves were more likely to help out others.  I must say that I never thought of that before so I thought I'd throw it out to this group to see if it held some truth.

Good luck TnC and TmoTmo Run Strong!

Ramping after my double AT. Did my longest run in almost two years today, and it was splendid! Spent three hours on some of the most beautiful trails in the Marin Headlands: from Rodeo beach to Tennesee valley to Muir beach and back via Pirates Cove. That's five climbs of 600-800 ft each. The visibility was perfect and I was enjoying both the ocean and my city in the background.

The last hour my feet were sore and I was dreaming of putting them in the cold Pacific. Unfortunately the temperature had dropped to 55F and the evening breeze was picking up, so I was too cold to stay for long.

I get a huge sushi craving after long runs, and today was no different. Picked up some excellent nigiri and some ginger drink at whole foods. Normally  I would also have craved beer, but after taking the first 100 days of the year off alcohol I developed a distaste for it. So organic-hippie-zen-ginger drink it was.

This was a very good afternoon!

Oh, and I don't volunteer. After 8 years in the US, I'm slowly becoming american enough to feel bad about that fact. I view the volunteering culture as a huge strength in the culture here. My resolution is to start giving back to the community when the kids have slept through the night for one full month in a row.