| Mud Season
13 March 2004
Today is day #1 of Marathon Training 2004!
I will run my third marathon this fall with my Swedish running partner
(and partner in crime) Malin and my friend from Cosmo, Anze. We
haven't picked a race yet, but it looks like we're leaning towards
Venice
at the end of October with warm-up half-marathons in Stockholm (June)
and Helsinki (August)!
Today is also the most beautiful day I've seen in Lithuania since
Summer 2001! It's + rather than - for starters... for all you Celsius
illiterate... it's above freezing! After watching run one of Women's
SL and Men's GS at the WC Finals in Sestrieres I put on my squeaky
running shoes, grabbed my hat and headed for the park next to my
apartment. I went for just a short jog, 1.5 mi, along the river,
past a couple churches and up the back way into Uzupis home. It
was so beautiful outside, it felt so good to be running again and
the sun on my back was so energizing, it was hard to go back inside!
But second run was starting and I was dying to see hot it turned
out! (Anja Paerson won the SL globe and wrapped up the overall title,
Schleper got a podium and Bode went out of the GS smashing his hopes
for a globe)
It's so nice in fact, that I've opened a window to let in a little
fresh air! A few more days like this and I'll be chasing the Japanese
and Russian girls down in Athens!
So, long story short, it's a good day in Lithuania!
Hope everyone else has as good a day as me! |
