http://blogs.kansas.com/weather/category/tornadoes/ This shows a map of the tornado that nailed Wichita Saturday. My house is just to the East of where it first touched down in Derby, and it passed just a half mile from my Mom's house near Douglas and Webb on the north end of the path where we were hunkered down in the basement. It has been a pain in the behind lately to get around, get kids dropped off, etc...that's my excuse...I am planning on running this evening when David gets home and logging some miles. stay tuned Okay, so I didn't actually run a race, but I did suddenly decide after all the Boston stories that I didn't care if I was 10 pounds over race weight, burdened by the troubles of life, completely and pathetically not trained or consistent in any matter, that I was just going to run a marathon. So I did. I ran 26.2 miles in my town of Derby, which has just enough rolling up and down that I figured it wouldn't trash me too much. I just treated as a nice, long, run. And it was nice, except for the part where I biffed and bloodied my hand at mile 22 on concrete. I shuffle and it was dark...I finished after midnight. Time was lame by my standards but I wasn't racing and it was a good reminder to my body that I AM an endurance athlete and it gave me a little hope that not all is lost and maybe, just maybe, I can pull it together for a killer fall marathon.
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