Heaven = Eating Pasta Every Day

One of the best things about training for this half marathon is that I get to eat lots of spaghetti.  I've eaten noodles almost every day for the past two weeks.  Anytime Joel complains or gives me the "eye", I explain that it's imperative that we carbo-load  in preparation for the race.  I'm thinking about training for a race every month simply so I can be on a steady diet of spaghetti.

This past weekend I was supposed to run a 6 miler, but I skipped it because Joel and I hiked Mount San Gorgonio, the tallest mountain in Southern California.  At its peak, the mountain is over 11,000 ft.  This was our second attempt at climbing the mountain.  Our first attempt was marred by a very, very violent thunderstorm.  Joel and I hiked a total of 15 miles.  It took us more than 9 hours.  I've never done ANYTHING for 9 straight hours except for sleep.  Unfortunately, because I was suffering from altitude sickness and because it was freezing, we were not able to summit.  We came within 30 minutes of the summit.  It was so cold that it snowed!  It was my first experience with snow on the west coast.  Anyway, I'm sure Joel is going to make us attempt the mountain next year.  

I can't believe the race is this Sunday!  According to our training schedule, we have 3 low-mileage training runs and then we run/walk our 13.1 miles!  Congratulations ladies and Joel!  We done GREAT!!!