a.m. 10k Jack woke up at 6. Tami said he woke her at 2. That made it my turn. When I got him out of his crib, lo and behold Ashlei was sitting on the couch playing a draw game on the iPad. I had some oatmeal, fed Jack and bribed Ash to join us on a run with a donut. We went to Farmington and back, stopping at Fresh Market for her donut. Jack fell asleep before the turnaround. Temps were perfect. p.m. 6m Just after sunset, Tami and I ran on BST almost to Ricks Creek, before coming down Oakridge. We ran into a night running woman who was happy to join us; it was pretty dark and she was pretty nervous. (She spoke of a 3:18 marathon at Desnews. I'll have to get her on the blog.) We ran her home, then dropped Tami home and ran the uphill mile to pick up the car. It was a bit warm. I need to talk her into running in the morning. Congrats to everyone who ran SL marathon events today. Bloggers made some cash, baby. I was thinking about mile 24 of the marathon today. At that stage, I was feeling pretty done; my quads were really tight, my hands numb and my head was getting a bit dizzy. Just on this side of walking, I noticed a guy ahead with Phillipians 4:13 on the back of his singlet. That verse is pretty popular with several fellow bloggers. I read it, and ran the rest of the way in. This is the only marathon with no walking spikes on my pace graph after mile 23. "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."
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