Happy Mutha's Day!

Whew! 9 miles was quite a Mutha! That sums up my feelings about the 9mi. run...... However, to expand...

I am coaching a 6 year old baseball team for my son, and we had our photo scheduled by the league at 9:45, and a game at 10:45am. Anyway, at about 8:30am I still had a ways to go and told Suzanne (Thanks, Suz!)I'd start skipping my walk intervals and the last watering station, and cut left to head back to fleet feet. Well, I felt pretty good, until turning onto Towne Centre, and then going up that last hill. I should have stopped at the Fire station and got some water, but all I could think about was getting done and hitting the showers. Anyway, I made it with my fastest pace yet, got my congrats from the Nike +iPod("This is Lance Armstrong, congratulations on your longest workout yet") and I jumped in the truck to hit the a/c, whip by Fleet Feet to get my goody bag, and finally pooped out. I got lightheaded, thought I might lose it, and had to lay on the sidewalk to get my self together.

I learned my lesson..... Hydrate or die.

Thanks to Jill McInnis, who came over with some water .....and looked ready to call 911 for me. I bounced back, sped home, choked down a quick breakfast and 2 monster drinks, a gatorade and a water, and got to the photo shoot, pitched the game(which by the way, they were awesome against the Tigers) and drank two more gatorades, and spent most of the rest of the day taking it easy.

Finally, thanks to all for the kind words about the Ridgeland Multi-purpose trails. I never thought I'd ever get that much use of them, but I was on the first "Trails and Greenspace Committee" that laid out where we wanted trails(I didn't really do much, but having a committee was a Federal requirement for the money), the city then applied for grant money to build them. We just awarded bids for another section, and they will link over all the way to Highland Colony Parkway. I have definitely decided there are some ways to improve them with little expense, and I plan to push to get some simple watering stations, extend the trail to the #3 fire station(a good watering hole and bathroom with lots of EMT's), and start looking more closely at our plans for maintenance and upkeep. I'd also like to see 1/2 mile markers and some sort of "Trail Map" at the main entrances. I don't have an answer for those women who want to run alone, as putting in cameras probably would not help, and would be costly. I do recommend running with others. If you have any other suggestions, I'd love to hear from you.

Happy Mother's Day for all you Mother's....