First Long Run

Today Kati and I ran our first long run for our half and full marathon training. We did five miles out on the American River Trail - there's pretty much not a more fantastic place to run, if you ask me. Mike and I have done several bike rides down there and this is where most of my very long runs will be. The trail extends almost 30 miles, so there's plenty of space to run without having to do loops or repeat. The other nice thing is that there are mile markers every 1/2 mile... so if you forget your Garmin, you can still tell how far you've gone.

I did discover something fairly shocking... bananas are my post-running food of choice. Many of you know my general disdain for food I have to break into and bananas specifically due to some bad experiences in my swimming days, but this thing tasted fantastic after today's run.

The rest of today I will spend cleaning up the house and perhaps enjoying an afternoon nap.

In other exciting news, the pig showed up for the New Years party! I love how I make it sound like the pig walked up to the front door and knocked. Actually, it was a little more "Godfather" than that:

This Year's Pig

Let the festivities begin - I can't wait!