It goes like this: "Hey, I'm gonna run up to my house." Josh takes off on foot and runs to his house.
It didn't exactly work that way, but it did work. Instead of running from Houghton to Calumet, we ran from Calumet to Houghton along the Jack Stevens Trail (the old Mineral Range Railroad grade). The warm-up walk started at my house at 9:30 yesterday morning, and my 12 miles ended in Hancock about a mile before the lift bridge. Nancy continued on to finish up her 14 miles.
Most of the interesting stuff Nancy talks about in her blog post. The last mile was rough for me, since I ran out of energy and was kind of hitting the wall. I think I didn't eat enough for breakfast, and then didn't eat enough while running. Depending on which algorithm you believe, I burned between 2500 and 2700 calories, and this Cadillac doesn't go far on fumes.
But hey, again, 12 miles and not dead. If I can figure out the nutrition thing and stay uninjured, I might just make it to the finish line.
