I DID IT

Today was my long run of 15 miles. The weather cooperated and we lost that horrible heat and humidity. My previous longest run was 13 miles and i was a little anxious about running 15, especially after the week of eating and drinking we did in SF & Napa. Nevertheless i managed to bang out the distance in about 2 hours and 42 minutes...this was a little longer than i had hoped for as it puts my marathon time at about 4 hours 45 minutes and i was aiming for 4.5 hours or less. I've been working some hills in to my runs to prepare me for the bridges so at least i will ready for those challenges on race day.

As far as the trip to California goes we had a great time...we ate at fantastic restaurants, drank a ton of wine and just laughed our asses off the whole time. We crammed a lot of activity into the time we had and one of the more memorable ones was biking through San Francisco for 4 hours. We rode through golden gate park, up to the presidio and over the golden gate bridge before we reversed our path. The training is paying dividends as i was able to easily climb even the steepest of hills without even losing my breath...unfortunately erica and the other couple struggled a bit with the hills but we had fun all the same.





Shout out to my cousin Matt who played host on Friday night - it was great to see you

If anyone is heading to SF or Napa and needs suggestions as to hotels, restaurants or wineries let me know as we luckily had an awesome streak of luck in the choices we made.

Also, we are slightly over the $2,000 mark - thanks again!!!!!!