Today's 17 mile journey is brought to you by kidney failure, an anuerism, and hypothermia. Oh...My.....Gosh. The first 6+ miles were GREAT! ran to the water fountain with Jos and Ericka. We averaged 9:40's I think, but after they left I began my great lonely trek back into the Provo Canyon running against gale force winds with a windchill I am certain was in the teens. My face and brain became so frozen on the uphill portion against the wind I felt positively comatose. I thought about little smooth with her owie knee also going it alone. I wished I had the time to run the JRP today. I ran many, many 11 minute miles and at the end my average was 10:53. I was literally hypothermic by the time I got home (I was running too slowly by the end to generate any heat). Anyway, I did it. I'm looking forward to the weeks getting better and better. By 2 pm I am more fully recovered after a glass of milk with ovaltine and brewer's yeast and fish oil and a long hot bath. I stretched right before the bath and my legs were shaking like after I had a baby. Probably a bad way to jump into the higher mileage--but now I'm patting myself on the back for getting in done and running up hill both ways. | 