training: week 6

for week 6 i was in forestville camping with some close friends. i had to run 8 miles and i wanted to make sure i stayed pretty much on my regular routine. even though i was still out of town and not running with my normal pace group i made sure to run my 8 miles. fortunately for me my girlfriend was kind enough to run with me as far as she thought she could. we were woken up by sounds of ducks, birds, other wildlife and voices of people just waking up to the sounds of camping wildlife.

as kayla and i got up to get ready to run i was slowly dragging myself out of the air mattress. i really wanted to go running i just wasn't as motivated to run as i am normally knowing people are waiting on me, but kayla was standing around in her running shoes and wondering when i was going to start getting dressed.it was about 8:30 am when we finally got on the road. i didn't really mark out a route. i told kayla we'd run 1 hour out and run 1 hour back, that should be about 8 miles even if we decided to take a potty break or make a stop for whatever reasons.

kayla got to about 45 mins. out, i ran for another 15 mins. and ran back to where she said she'd wait for me so we could run back together. we actually got to run past the korbel winery, it was really beautiful. there are sites you really get to see up close and appreciate when you are outside of a car. sometimes i feel like running can be torcher, but sometimes i feel the sun on my face, the breeze on my sweaty skin and the noise of the outdoors. it's kind of like meditating, deepak chopra says you should meditate at least 30 mins. in the morning and 30 mins. at night. i guess this is my way of trying to get to be buddha on the mountain top.

this sat. we are skipping 9 and going straight to 10 miles. really excited about it, not sure how to contain myself. i can say that 10 miles is further than i have ever tried to run before. i know that i've hiked at least 12 miles but, that was not planed. it's all getting to be pretty exciting. my first fundraising party is coming up in a week and a half, i hope i'll make out good, i'm sort of stalled in my fundraising at the moment. wish me luck!

fundraising update:
today's total as of date 07/18/07 - $670.00
my goal - $4200.00
$3530.00 - from goal