474 Miles down, 190.2 miles to Go!

Awe, we are seeing 5’s again.  Week 14 started with a nice, relaxing five mile run on Monday.  That was until Stormie totally freaked out when a cat sitting on a street corner scared her.  We were all sure we were going to be attacked by something.  We did have a good laugh after we all realized it was just a cat.

Yahoo!!!!   It’s Tuesday and our longest speed workout is over!!!  We start working back down from here.  Hard to believe 8 weeks ago we were stressing about running 12 - ¼ mile speed runs with ¼ mile jog intervals and today we ran 2 – 3 mile speed runs with an 800 jog interval.  We are always glad when we finish our speed workout as tomorrow is rest day.  Not much happening on the streets of Wellington at 4:00 a.m., with the exception of dodging a skunk on Main Street.

Thursday’s run was nine miles at race pace and it was hot and humid!  The only positive thing I can find to say about this run is thank you Lord for giving us the ability to run.

Friday was a totally awesome day!  Our injured team member of Team Higgie, JB, is back today!  We are all so excited to have her back with us.  Our schedule called for another five mile run (YAY!!!) which is suppose to be a slow pace today (10 to 12 minute pace).  Well, I think JB forgot that as she did five miles at a 9:18 pace and then ran five more after we left her.  We are thrilled she’s back and praying she doesn’t over do it!

Saturday was another five mile run for us and with a cooler temperature, it was a nice comfortable run.

Sunday brought the Johnston’s Half Marathon and 5K in Wichita.  We thought with the Marathon being four weeks away this would be a good time to see how we are doing pace wise.  By the time the race was over, it was pretty warm and we were all glad to be done.  We had several with personal records and Jodie Heath did awesome on her first half marathon.  Great job, Jodie!! 

I think many of you think running comes easy to us.  Well, speaking for myself, it doesn’t.  We are not running this marathon just because we want to.  If it weren’t for our Little Ethan and our fight for a cure, we would not be doing this run.  We greatly appreciated everyone’s support, whether it’s been “good job” or through your very generous donations to our Team Higgie fundraising.  Thank you, we are very grateful!!

As we start week 15 of our training, which is the most miles we run in one week (52.5), we would love for you to join us as we “Run For Those Who Can’t”.

- Mitzi

Quote for the day: "Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body." 

 - Lynn Jennings