Day 3 - 77 Days to go! I feel like San Diego!

Yes - San Diego!  If you're a Ron Burgundy fan (Will Ferrel's Character on Anchorman), you'll understand that.  If not, ask your son or daughter - they can fill you in!  :-)  Or for those web types, you can go to http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Anchorman:_The_Legend_of_Ron_Burgundy and see for yourself!

9.36 Miles today, plus 1 mile walk warmup and 1 mile walk cooldown.  I haven't run that far since my good buddy Eric Goodman drug me through the Atchafalaya Basin Adventure Race in 2005!  I averaged just under 10 minutes per mile.  One thing I take away from my first long run - I won't have an evening run followed by a morning long run.  That's a pretty bad idea!  I did find LOTS of new pain spots today!  All the goodies surrounding my knees hurt like a BIOTCH after 5 miles or so.  Same goes for my feet.  I'm certain this will go away after I actually have a base behind me.  Note to self - establish a base BEFORE you start training next time - DUH!  Oh yeah, I also have a pair of blisters - one on the arch of each foot and one also on my pinky toe.  Looks like Daddy is going to RunTex this week to have them fit me for some new kicks before it's too late! 

OK, enough of my being a sissy!  Looks like tomorrow will be my rest day with probably just stretching, Aleve and an afternoon swim.  And some more Aleve!

I did have some excitement on the road today.  Even though I've been running in a part of the Texas Hill Country with a large redneck population, everyone has been very runner friendy, moving over whenever possible and even waving - the type that doesn't include just one finger!  Today, however, I think I must have met up with a large older man, wearing a REALLY big hat and driving a dually that was late for breakfast or missed his morning coffee.  He actually moved as close as possible to the white line and gave me not one BUT TWO "You're Number One" signals!  Oh well, no harm, no foul.  Sometimes you can't fix stupid!

To summarize - lots of pain during and after and I'm certain tomorrow will be miserable, but I feel good.  I'm looking forward to when it doesn't hurt every time I do something new.  San Antonio, I'm going to make YOU feel like San Diego!  :-)

RUN HARD!