14 miles

On Saturday, Scout and I went on our longest run yet...14 miles. My plan was to run a nice, relaxed run along the Clear Creek down to the Ralston Creek heading East. However, as I walked outside and stood in the driveway waiting for my Garmin to find a sattelite, I felt a stiff breeze coming from the NW. So, we changed out plans and ran down to the Clear Creek and followed that trail out to Golden and back. We averaged 8:51 on the run, and I was tired at the end. That was probably a bit too fast, but my excuse is that we had a slight downhill on the way back and a bit of a wind at our backs. That's my story and I'm sticking to it :)

You would think Scout would look like she does in this picture after running 14 miles...tired and relaxed. But no. She was running around the yard like a crazy dog, playing fetch and harassing Lady (my cousin Anne's dog).

I need to get moving on soliciting pledges for the scholarship. I'm not sure that the scholarship will happen this year or next. Graduation at Groton is May 18th, and I should have a dollar amount solidified for this year by May 10th, so it may work. My job for today is to get the contact info from JC for the Foundation staff that can set this up. I don't really want people sending checks to me but would rather have the $$ going directly to the college. I know they have professionals on staff that take care of this stuff. I'll do my research. Also, I need to write letters to Coach Luecke's former athletes telling them of this opportunity. My mom sent me all of their names from yearbooks past so that I didn't have to tax my memory in figuring out who may be interested in contributing. She also agreed to make copies and do the mailing...a regular secretary. Nice. Now if I can convince her to come and live with me and do all of the other stuff I don't like to do...clean, cook, do laundry, dishes, grocery shopping, etc., I'll be set. Mom, doesn't that sound like a good idea? I know you read this so feel free to post a comment with your reply.