Again

I am so excited! I know it's been too long, but try and keep up. We have a great apartment on a golf course and we face west with unobstructed views of the Front Range and the 9th green. It's incredible. My new "thing," now that I have new shoes, is to walk up the hill and jog down it. And I use the word "hill" very loosely. It's a 5% grade for you mountain lovers...that means you have to downshift on the way down or you run the risk of burning up your brakes. This spring, it took me 20ish to get up the hill and 15 ish to get back down. It is exactly 1 mile each way. Needless to say, I will never be a marathon runner! This morning, sun shining, birds chirping and hot air balloons in the air, I made it up in 16 and down in 12. I am so excited about that. It's a real achievement for me.

My friend Lisa Z. asked me to run a leg of the Denver Rock-n-Roll Marathon Relay with her. It's in October and she said I could run the short leg, but it's still 4.1 miles. Should I do it? YIKES! What about my foot? Can I handle it? What am I afraid of? I think I can. I should try. I'll get back to you!

BBQ chicken with dirty red skins for dinner tonight! Should be yummy...if I can handle the heat of grilling outside and having the oven on for an hour!!!