Day 7 was heaven!

Day 7:
Total miles: 160.23  Google maps says 39.5 left!!
Donations: $2014 of $5000

I'll entertain you with a story I forgot to mention a couple days ago.  The day I went through the tall grass, when I got back to the hotel and started to get into the shower, I noticed a wood tick.  Removed, got into shower, started shampooing and felt something about 3/8" diameter and 2" long behind my ear.  My immediate thought was "LEECH" which resulted in screaming and a lot of jumping around, which caused my sunglasses earpiece cover to dislodge and fall to the ground.  Duh. Still chuckling about that one...I wasn't running in Borneo for Pete's sake!

I was a tad worried today about a) the temp b) storms and c) getting to my interview with Channel 12 on time - 18.5 miles before 10:30 am.  It all went about as smoothly as it could.

We checked out of the Silver Lake Inn (boy, they sure treated us nice there and at the associated Molly's Cafe-special thanks to owner Frank and do-it-all Bev) and headed to the start just east of Watertown.  I hit the trail by 6 AM and the miles just rolled along.  Dad did a super job meeting me a LOT and having peanut butter sandwiches and Electrolyte tablets ready for me.

I passed an alpaca or llama farm and a lot of horse farms.  Pretty quick it seemed like the elevation was a gradual down.  That kept the pace going smooth.  Around mile 10 I started hearing thunder, but Dad said it was far enough away we didn't need to worry.

I passed the 1/2way point for the day and reset the GPS.  MapMyRun is hit and miss with marathon length, so rather than risk it, I restarted, which confused me some later on...

My friend Carol joined me just after it started to pour.  We were drenched.  I was wringing out my skirt.  She had left her car out by Medicine Lake and ran to meet me.  We'd be talking and I'd notice we're going 9 minute miles.  She's fast... it made the time go so quickly.  We got to the spot for the interview and the parking wasn't very good there and I was about 40 minutes early so we did another 1.5 and called to report the new location.

While we were resting up before the interview, a carload of my parents' neighbors showed up - thanks to Brenda & Ron, John and Tom for making the time pass quickly there, too.

The Channel 12 reporter and cameraman were SO nice.  They interviewed me and then Dad, and then Carol and I ran around a little.  Then they said they'd just follow us along our route for a while.  They ended up spending over an hour with us and I was just able to watch it on the live streaming broadcast.  I thought they did a nice job.  I hope it will generate some more interest in the American Cancer Society.  I'll post a link as soon as it's available on their website.

Ch 12 Video  You might need to press Ctrl as you click the link to bypass popup blockers.

Intake today has been pretty sad:  2 or 3 peanut butter sandwiches - lost count.  One thing of Cliff Shots, a bag of Cheetos, what was left of the combos and a chocolate milk.  I'm going to angle for Noodles tonight, but it might end up being mac N cheese. Who cares?  I only have 39.5 miles left!!!

Thanks for reading these posts!  Thanks to everyone who donated.  If you've been thinking about donating, please don't wait.  If you can't spare the minimum $10 that the on-line donation requires, email me at mn262runner@gmail.com and I'll get you info on how you can donate from $1 on up.  Thanks again!

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