This week's 8 mile run turned into a 3.5 mile run when Jamie, my running buddy, overslept, and I had somewhere I needed to be after our run. She was having a lot of back pain, and wanted to walk pretty often, so I was glad to cut it short. I came home, quickly showered, changed into bike clothes, and rode 9 miles to meet friends for brunch. I'm hoping the 18 miles roundtrip on the bike added something to the run...

This week's shorter runs are going to be a bit longer, I think. 1/2 marathon in 2 weeks. It helps that I've done this race before, so I can picture it, and know where the tough spots will come. I'm worrying that Jamie will want to walk more often than I do...but who can say. Maybe it'll be me! Maybe we'll both run strongly, and have a great race together.