Nebraska, 8 a.m., June 14, 2007Gotta be quick about this - time to get some sleep!
Day 8 - I tried hard to get to the state line, but 32 miles in headwind, light rain and cool weather (actually delightfully cool given the previous heat) caught up to me and we spent the night in Julesberg. Paul ran with me for 6 miles in the morning and we discussed ideas for musical tunes. How do "Take Heed, It's a Tumbleweed," the "County Line Polka," and "Knee Slap Hoe Down" sound do y'all?
Day 9 - NEBRASKA! My first new state! Very exciting - running along the Lincoln Highway, the Pony Express Trail, and the California Wagon Train Trail - nifty! Another cool day too. It started muggy but by the afternoon, the mugginess disappeared and I had the best running weather of the trip by far: light clouds, 60s, very light wind. I wanted to be conservative given yesterday's hard day so I ran only 15 in the morning (lunching at Big Springs city park - Big Springs was one of the schools that traded books with Kendall's school) and planned just 15 for the afternoon. But the conditions were so great, after running the afternoon 15, I switched into crocs and walked the last two miles into Ogallala - where we are now camped. (If you can call sleeping in an RV campground with internet and cable access - not to mention hot water showers and flush toilets - camping!)
Next up for the evening's entertainment: figuring out what to do about the blister on top of the blister on my left heel - where I've never before had blisters.
Miles today: 32.
Trip miles: 233
Tomorrow: Ogallala to half-way-ish to North Platte.
3 comments:
Hmmm, you're worried about being behind schedule? You're running more than a marathon every day! You're already far ahead of the rest of the world ... Enjoy and make it 56 days!! Lynn
Paula,
By the time you're done, not only will you have blisters on blisters on other blisters, but you'll probably have muscles in places that most people don't have places.
Dick Lipsey
Yay, Paula!!! The Frenz are pulling for you. Soon you have tailwinds all the way...and it's all downhill to MI.
You rock!!
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