We are nearing the end of our gallop through the Rockies, each having stored special running memories of the majesty of this place, the people, the experiences. Hope you will check out our blogs.

Little snippets from my experiences include the surprise of not getting into oxygen debt while running to the exchange point near Independence Pass. I had expected to feel dizzy, nauseated, puch drunk. light headed, younger, sitting high in the saddle til the blister burst, etc, etc, but none of this occurred. Guess I need to get into better shape.

Another mental slide is of seeing a bear in Aspen in the early a.m. as Brynn ran her leg and thinking what if she sees it and vice-versa. Would have been a Kodak moment and interesting to see who blinked first, the bear or Brynn. At the least it would have been a great speed workout for each of them. But, it didn't happen so I jam left with the "what if's" in this regard. Cool to see the bear, though!

Running down a 12,000 foot pass and singing was fun. A local runner, Doug ran with me. He is involved in theatre so we had time to share experiences and sang songs from musicals as we descended the mountain. We arrrived at the exchange point a little behind time and I could tell from some of the looks on the faces of teammates they were a little perturbed. But, as I told them, when people are excited enough to drive over an hour to meet and run with us at 12 midnight or as in my case, at 1:30 a.m., we have to oblige them and run their pace. His happened to be a little slower than mine. Nice to slow down for a change.

We are in Golden, Colorado near Denver. My team, Orange, runs again from 9 pm til 3 am.
We will be in Kansas tomorrow and of course different scenery and new adventures.
Colorado has been great, beautiful and it would be great to come back and spend more time running some races, hiking, camping. But, for today, we all have to stay focused on why we are running.

Let me hear from you when you ascend or descend your hill and have time to catch your breath!

As usual, peace and blessings and
I hope you will keep our troops in your prayers and send a thank you to them, too.
Lansing
each day a gift!!!