Saturday, September 20, 2008

Heartland training

I've been taking advantage of the milder weather to get a few runs in. I did a 22-miler two weeks ago on Saturday. And today I ran 27 miles under cloudy St. Louis skies. I should be better prepared for the Heartland 50-miler, but I'll show up in whatever shape I'm in.

It's been an exciting few weeks in St. Louis which were unfortunately dampened by a personal low motivation spell. I didn't even run last Saturday or go to watch the Tour of Missouri. But Sunday last, I rode downtown to watch the ToM's St. Louis stage. It was thrilling to see the pro's and think how fit they are. Here's Big George threading his way through the hoi polloi: