Oct. 15

Spent most of today running around getting last minute items for the trip...more recovery drink, vitamins, food items, plastic bags for ice packs for the car on the way back, etc. I'm fairly overwhelmed with getting my gear ready along with everything else...lots of details. Today was my last training run...and it was AWESOME...not because I did 3 miles in 46 min (15.3 min/mile)...but because on that 3rd mile today...I hit 450 miles of total training since I began this journey!! That is just hard to believe...especially knowing that the first mile I walked, I had to ice my knees and take ibuprofen! So 450 miles is almost walking to Denver...or almost walking to Madison, Wisconsin (Joy)! Wow! Sweet!!