First time out!!! (blogging that is)

Well, I felt like absolute crap last night, and wasn't even sure if I would run at all today. I have found in my past experiences however, that if I just get my fat ass out of bed and hit the trails for a while I can just run through a mild sickness. Plus, I feared thay my running buddies Poole (Jolly green thumb) and Vinny would rag me really bad if I were to call in sick at 5:00 a.m. when we were supposed to run at 6:00. So there we are and just as I expected I felt as though I was running with both running partners on my shoulders for the first 6 or 7 miles. Then, all of the sudden I started to feel almost normal from the waist down!! Maybe I would be able to get some quality miles in after all!!! After 10 miles, Vinny had to drop out due to an emergancy at work and Poole comes up lame!!!! Not good. I say this not only because I enjoy running with him , but we are supposed to run our first 50 miler together March 1. I finished running on my own, another 10 miles, 20 for the day. Better than I thought I would do. Hopefully Poole will be fine and we will be back on track in no time. As for Vinny, turns out everything was fine at work. I know how disapointed he was having to cut out early on a long run, but I know him, he is strong and very focused on his goal, his first ULTRA!!!!! Swamp Stomper. So anyway, I ran a quiet 50+ miles this week and had a decent long run. Holla Bloggers!!!!!!