I was planning to run 22 with Melissa today, but I chickened out and called 21 good enough. We met at a running path in Northern SA on another Greenway trail which was long. We planned to meet at 9, but started at 9:30. By then end of the run, the heat was killing me. Mile 7 we got a little lost and ran to a park pavilion. We met an older runner up there and started to ask him where we were. He had just finished a marathon... He was by himself and putting on his finisher's medal. Then two ladies joined him, and they had also ran a marathon. Guess they had ran 75 on Saturday. The three runners were well over 60. One of the female runners is training for Badwater this summer. YIKES. She was a really cool lady and I forgot her name. Guess she puts on marathons and ultras at that same spot a few times a year. She said she is going to do a 48 hour run this summer. Guess that's how you do it. Badwater is what, 135 miles in the scorching Death Valley heat? Anyone considering doing that is crazy in my book. Melissa and I found our way. We kept running until our watches were at 11 miles. Then we ran back. My watch is always screwy and her AP got messed up. I hate GPS issues. I pretty much feel apart at about mile 14-15. I was really thirsty and tired. I felt bad because I was stopping at every mile to get a drink. It was heating up to about 80 and it was also really humid. Melissa kept so strong and never complained. She was patient with my ordeal. The last 3 miles were a death march. I told her that when we got back to the parking lot I was going to be done. Got back and I sat on a rock. She ran the last mile alone, what a stud. She will ROCK her marathon coming up this month and I have a lot of training ahead of me before June it feels like. I want to show the long run who is boss, even in the Texas heat! 21 on a Monday? Why not 21 on a Monday? I wanted to open this month up with style. :) Our AP was somewhere between 8:45-8:55 | 