2:38:53. Yippee! It was awesome today. I deliberated between driving to my hilly looped dirt road or my flat trails. I decided on flat trails, mainly just because they are closer to my house. It was so nice not to be pounding concrete. I don't mind traveling to San Francisco because at least there are places to run in the city ... but lots of concrete -- not asphalt mind you, but serious hard stuff. So, being the delicate flower that I am, I much prefer nice soft dirt. I felt awesome. Since I had not run longer than 2 hours in two weeks (and much less than that last week) I wasn't sure how I would feel .... but, now that I have gotten rid of the two (or one??) nasty bugs that I have been carrying around for 6 weeks I feel fantastic. And, my legs were fresh - which they usually aren't for my long run. I am excited to get back to work -- training that is ;-). I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday!! So, for my running geek friends. I was so disappointed (and worried for Greg - thankfully no one has made stupid accusations about him) about Martin Fagan taking EPO. Martin had been training with the McMillan Elite group for about 3 years, and been coached by Greg, until he left last year. He was the guy that "set the pace" -- all the other guys counted on Martin to push them through workouts. I am sure it hit all of them pretty hard, on the one hand, cheaters are cheaters and they are blight on the sport. On the other hand, I am sure many of the other athletes who have made significant sacrifices to be a professional runner (putting careers on hold while live hand-to-mouth in houses with 5-6 other athletes) can understand the pressure that Martin felt - and he was (is?) their friend. So, there was a very nice article written about these conflicting feelings.
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