Many, many thanks!

In Wednesday's post I mused that I would like to be worth $800 per mile on race day.

I am now worth $800 a mile on race day. To be precise, $800.21 per mile.

Yesterday a gift from an area church arrived for $200. One of our staff with a great sense of humor wrote a check for the difference, $9.60, to bring us to $20,965.70 and the aforementioned per mile value.

Which is why they keep me away from the math around here, since a gift of $4.14 would have accomplished the goal. I think I owe somebody lunch.

Training? Oh, you want to know about training. Well, this week hasn't been stellar, but I should finish with about 25 miles, including a 13 mile long run scheduled for the weekend. This is "taper time," the three week period right before the marathon where rest is as important as training. I am following the program by resting rigourously!