Saturday, October 3, 2009

Run for Munda Continues...

Today, Ray and I ran 18 miles in preparation for the JFK 50-mile race.  It was a beautiful run through the First Landing State Park at Virginia Beach, and on the beach itself.  (Ray lives about an hour from Virginia Beach, and so sometimes we do our long runs there.)

Here's a map of our run:



And here's a photo of us after our run:





Training to run 50 miles is HARD WORK!  No, really!

Shauna tells me that the DiIulio family will enjoy a much-needed, long-planned Florida trip in a few weeks.  (Maybe I'll get some pictures to post here?)  It was hoped that Munda would be able to join them on the trip - and he will, in spirit. 

Tomorrow, we'll run an easy 10 miles through Beaverdam Park in Gloucester, Va.  More on that later!  And next week we'll run the Baltimore Marathon on Saturday, and the marathon in Scranton, PA on Sunday - the dreaded back-to-back marathons that all of the 50-mile-race training plans recommend as a benchmark.  Those races will be a very good indication of how well prepared we are for November 21. Gulp!