Liberty Memorial Steps:
This run is one of my favorites (I try to do it once a week), and also one of my slowest. (and one which makes me ache all over! I try to run 4-5 miles of which 3+ are steps. Repetitive but worth it... if for nothing else than the comments from tourists!
Carmen Ruder (on left) organizes the routes every week. Fifteen to thirty show up and run one of three routes then have breakfast afterwards. This is a training group for the Rock the Parkway race in April. I love this group! They are all young enough to be my kids and we have fun conversations.
One of my "go to" neighborhood runs (with about a dozen variations) is running to QuickTrip and back. (6-8 miles). This run involved a couple of loops around the track at the hospital on 39th St. This is the intersection where I got clipped by a pickup truck a few years ago. While my head says, "Get over it. Run through the intersection!" my body always seems to hesitate, screaming, "Stop! Idiot! Just go home!" After spending six months lying flat on my back on the floor in constant pain, I am so grateful the voice inside my head said, "Get up off your ass and go run!"
Little Blue to Big Biscuit Run:
On Saturday morning I told the family I would meet them after a long run at Big Biscuit on Lee's Summit Road. Great run made even better by this Royals fan greeting me!
I am so looking forward to running with my daughter Kelly in the Lima Peru Marathon in May. We are raising $$$ for water.org, a Kansas City organization doing great tings across the world, and in Peru!
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