Molly goes over the 26.2 mark....

We took Molly out for a 1 mile walk today which puts her 2009 total at 26.5 miles......she is averaging over a mile a day despite the weather!

Another Batch of Wine.....

We bottled 29 bottles of our new Kiwi Pear Sauvignon Blanc. It is a sweet wine cooler type of wine that the neighbors seem to love. There are two more batches currently brewing....the back yard mystery wine and a nice Chocolate Raspberry Port, which I am really looking forward to....make that 28 bottles...one just disappeared.

48 hours makes a big difference....

After the Goofy Challenge, my legs felt pretty good....great actually. I was walking around and it did not feel like I had run almost 40 miles. Running was a different story. I headed to the Y to jump on the treadmill on Tuesday and felt like crud. I struggled to maintain a 10 minute mile and finally hit the big red stop button after 1.1 miles. It felt brutal and I just decided to end it and give my legs a couple more days rest. Today...went to the Y and jumped on the same treadmill and felt great. I started my 800m repeats, though I only did 2....I made the decision to limit myself to no more than that before I started. I did those at an 8-minute pace and it felt very easy. I have tried to do these at much faster paces, but once I get over 5 repeats, the legs crash and I can never work my way up to 10....so an 8 minute pace for me is a nice conservative approach and we will see how it feels when I get to the 8th or 9th one. Finished the 2 repeats and then did a ladder to finish of my run. I have some time before the Olathe Marathon so hopefully I can get some nice quality interval work in....

Goofy is complete.....

We completed the marathon portion of the Goofy Challenge yesterday in 5:57:19. We took a lot of pictures with the different characters along the course both days with a disposable camera, which added a lot of minutes to our race time, but we were never concerned about a time, just covering the distance and taking in all the atmosphere. After the marathon we headed to Magic Kingdom and spent the rest of the day there....the walking around helped work out the muscle stiffness. Really, the hardest thing about this was getting up at 2:30 am two days in a row.

More pix from Sunday....

One-Third Done

We completed the 1/2 today in just under 3 hours and took a bunch of pictures with he disposable camera.....now it is relax time and an early bedtime for the marathon tomorrow for when our magical alarm clock goes off at 2:30 a.m....

Disney-Day 2 Pix

Today was a rest day with nothing on the agenda....spent some time at the pool and did very little. We did go to Downtown Disney and saw "Gran Torino." If you have not seen this, put it at the top of your list. It is the best movie I have seen in quite a while. Now it is time to crawl into bed and wait for that alarm to go off at 2:30 a.m.....

Goofy....day one pix

We are staying at the Pop Century Resort....arrived, checked in, picked up our packets, grabbed something to eat, took a nap, and got a nice run in along the lake. Later, we grabbed some dinner with some TNT'ers....

Goofy Bound...

We head out for Orlando early in the morning....looks like sunny and mid 70's every day! Hopefully that forecast holds for a nice 13.1 on Saturday and 26.2 on Sunday.

One down, one to go.....

I finished one of the stained glass windows and have both panels mounted in. The first picture was from outside last night with the light from inside shining through the glass out into the night (with the boards supporting casting a shadow from inside).

The next two pictures show the finished and the unfinished windows from the inside.....

I can't wait to get the second one started.....

A Good Start....

After a long night out, we headed out on New Year's day and did the KCTC's annual run. Last year, the trails were icy and snow packed....this year, it was smooth sailing.....a nice easy 10 miles. The wind was howling but most of the course was sheltered so it was not really an issue. It was a nice last long training run for the Goofy challenge....this time next week, we will be in Florida.