Off to Africa!

We fly out from San Francisco to Frankfurt, then we have a like a 13 hour layover and then it is off to Johannesburg! I am very excited!

Check out my "Next Big Run" I have decided to do my first Ultra! It is a 50K and runs from the top of Skyline in the Santa Cruz mountains to the beach in Santa Cruz. If you click on the link in the "2008 Race List" you can check out the course. It looks beautiful and it is right in my backyard! (Not literally, of course. Remember that in California, big trees are for rich people)


Last workout before Africa:

I did get my 10 miler in on Sunday and I felt surprisingly good. I was worried that the torturous ride would leave my legs dead, but I felt great.

It was one of those runs that reminds me why I love running. Before I ever ran, I used to have dreams that I could run forever without getting tired. That is what this run felt like. I kept it slow and easy. The weather was perfect and I felt AWESOME! My pace ended up being pretty darn good for me at 11:09/mile.

I won't get to train much in Africa (remember, in Africa prey runs!) We stay in hotels twice so hopefully they will have some sort of fitness center and may be I can get a run or swim in. My hiking shoes are the Dastardly Duo, so I can use them for running and I brought my swim stuff. The timing of this trip is bad for my Half Iron training, but I get to go to Africa, so I don't care!

Happy training everyone! See you on the flip side!