Well, the Mercedes Marathon is 9 days away.  I am getting nervous, but also very excited! I ran two 20 milers, both at 3 hours and 18 minutes! This past Sunday Kasey and I ran the trial course of the marathon in downtown Birmingham.  We ran it in 1 hour and 57 minutes.  I felt good about this, because my PR for 13.1 is 1:54.  We kept a steady pace, speeding up the last three miles.  My plan is to stay with Kasey for as long as I can during the marathon.  She wants to try to get an 8:50 pace.  This might be too fast for me, but I'm going to try and stay with her as long as I can anyway.  I might  regret it 16 miles in but oh well. ;) We have our last long run on Saturday, 10 miles, then just going to try to take it easy next week and not eat too much!;) Not easy with it being Valentines week, and my love for chocolate!;)

I am excited to be running with my friend Sherry, and helping her to achieve her goals.  Also been spinning with my friend Misty, and Sherry too.  We all plan to run in the Rumpshaker 5k at the end of March, which I think it will be lots of fun!

My heel feels great.  I finally went to the doctor and got some good steroids, and I can't believe the difference.  I hope it continues to feel great even though I just finished with the steroids.  So thankful for that! It makes running so much more enjoyable! Ready or not 26.2 here I come!!;)