First 10 miles!!

I'm at home in Albany this weekend to celebrate Easter with the family. My training schedule for this weekend says it is time for my first ten miler so I went to my favorite website for finding running routes this morning, favoriterun.com , and mapped out a 10 route near our farm in Sasser. I knew I wasn't going to be able to do this one alone so I recruited some great supporters, my Dad and Kurt. Kurt rode a bike behind me and my Dad was my mobile water station, driving his truck through the country side stopping about every two miles or so and waiting for me with bottles of water. I couldn't have asked for a better set up! Oh, I almost forgot two other very important supporters, Sweetie (my parent's dog) and their new puppy, Tate. Sweetie ran the whole 10 miles with me, in front, and never got tired. Once we got back to the farm she was wide open running though the fields for another hour. Tate on the other hand, being so young, rode in the back of the truck and watched.

So the first 9 miles were not bad at all but the last one was rough. My dad parked on the side of the road at the end of the 10th mile. When I got there we all jumped in the truck and my Dad, Kurt, Tate, Sweetie and I headed back to the farm. It was a perfect day for running through the country side. A cool 40 degrees, very unusual for this time of year, with beautiful sunny skies and not a cloud in site.



Sweetie and me running, Kurt riding the bike


Tate is pooped after watching me run:)




Happy Easter!:)