The Big Easy

First off, congrats to Macca and Mirinda Carfrae on their wins last weekend. The men's race was something special. I spent the entire day watching the race while I picked up and cleaned the house. Hats off to Macca. I mentioned in my prediction post to not overlook this guy, but what he did, especially holding off Raelert after being caught...amazing. That night I went to bed with my sore throat and cough setting my alarm early to get up and head down to the Portland Marathon. My friend Jer was racing and I had committed to pacing him the last 7 miles or so. I was not well and the weather was terrible. That being said, what a blast to help my friend to a PR! This is the second time I have helped pace someone, last time being a full half marathon. I enjoy helping people reach their goals that I might look to get into pacing down the road...

The rest of the weekend was spent resting up as I definitely was fighting off a cold. I finally started to feel better towards Wednesday. As luck would have it, as I started to feel good, Meghan started feeling bad. Wednesday night we took the red eye out to New Orleans for a friends' wedding. We actually had a great time in New Orleans, sans the extreme drinking that most normally associate the big easy with. Fact is, neither of us, especially Meg was up to that kind of partying. Instead we took in some sights and I worked out every day. It ended up being a great trip! We are back in Oregon and looking forward to not taking anymore trips for some time. This has been a busy year, time to unwind some. Thanks for taking the time to read,

-T