Last Thursday was a farewell gathering for the Bell/White Family, hosted generously by Pat and Pam. Many of us then proceeded to the Broken Spoke, which may be the most "Texas" place in Austin.
The sign below says it all, in that the Broken Spoke is all about the dancing. They let us in, even though we surely brought down the dance quality quotient for the night.
Carrie and I once stood in the Spoke's parking lot for two hot hours for the chance to see Willie play a free show that CMT was taping. We were the last ones admitted, and it was awesome.
The Bell/Whites and Tara K. are pictured below. We are sure going to miss Steve and Wendi.
The first week of marathon training ended well, with a 15 miler with Dave on Saturday. 15 wasn't enough for Dave, who did 16. Back to 48 miles for the week for me. After waiting nearly 3 weeks for Runtex to deliver on my new shoes, I gave up and went to the Rogue store today. They had my shoes in inventory, and I left happy. For a number of reasons, I would rather buy at Runtex, but they have real inventory/customer service issues.
I'm keeping my mileage steady for the next few weeks, but some of the runs will be longer: 12 tomorrow (Tues.) and 17 on Saturday. At least that means that some of the runs will, in fact, be shorter. Every marathon training cycle is like a little experiment, and the basic hypothesis for this one is that increased mileage will result in a faster time. Let's find out.
Peace,
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