Cruised 7 tonight. Little tougher than usual due to lack of sleep, but again felt better once I got the pace into the low-9 range. Sets me up for a 59-mile week if I can do Saturday's planned 20-miler from the Capitol. Funny how I used to look at those 45-mpw training plans and think those were so outrageous. Now I passed 45 mpw a month or so back. Yikes. Looks like Ike will blow through Arkansas on Sunday after hitting two of my former residences, Galveston and Pearland. The old house on Campeche looks like it will be under water some time Saturday. This weekend is what I feared the whole time I was living down there and never actually went through. Now I'm gone, and they're getting hit. I don't feel guilty for leaving, but I feel bad for the people I worked with and knew who are going through this. Seeing Arkansas hit by a tropical storm, which I HAVE been through, will be interesting. | 