Kacie - Congratulations! Do you feel you've recovered completely from your injury? Did the run portion go as well as you'd hoped??

SJCzar - Nice work! 20 miles! It must feel great to get to that benchmark.

I'm back a weeklong trip. I spent 3 days in Vegas for business. I did manage to get in two hour-long 6am runs, which were actually kind of fun. It's a hoot to run down the strip, which is practically deserted at 6am except for a few drunks. Because there was an athletic convention in town (Interbike), we runners were out in force. It was fun to watch the puzzled expressions on the faces of pedestrians, trying to figure out why there were all these fit people running past them.

I spent Sat-Mon in the Grand Canyon, decompressing from the stress of Vegas. No running, but we hiked oodles of miles. On Sunday, after a 2-mile pre-dawn hike (to get some photos of the sunrise inthe Canyon), we did 8 miles onthe Kaibab Trail. 4 miles, down , then 4 miles right back up, gaining 2500 vertical feet. Despite all the running I'm doing, that hike completely trashed my calves! Two days later, they are still sore.