skhill, I had the same thought about my event this morning...and I still haven't been able to answer the "what was I thinking?" question. It's quite possible that I wasn't thinking. And I still have about 4 months of training left.

I got some new shoes (as well as a few other very cute sale items ) today and the guys at the LRS (whom I loooove) gave me a piggy bank. They told me that I am to put 25 cents in piggy for each mile I run to pay for my next pair. It's a really cute piggy bank. It got 14 quarters today