Hola Amigos!
This week was another milestone week. On Saturday I slogged through 12 miles of the western edge of UC Davis. Ran by sheep barns and an avian research facility. Maybe their slogan should be "Better Students Today! Better Chickens Tomorrow!" Or maybe I should stick to running. 12 miles is a new distance record
Just as we were starting we got to see five hot air balloons taking off. That was fun to watch.
After that run my plantar faciitis reared its ugly head. I had a problem with this many years ago and treated it by ignoring it, which was a huge mistake. This time I jumped on it, making sure I did my stretches and I picked up a pound of frozen peas to ice my foot down. Basically, Saturday was painful, Sunday was annoying and today I was able to run again. I can tell something is going on, but it's not debilitating.
In case you had a childhood different than mine, the origins of today's title
If you're just joining us, this is all about me running the CowTown Marathon this October as a fund raiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Details can be found here. You can make donations here.