Horses of Hope

It is only 25 Days 18 Hours 2 Minutes 1 Seconds (as of right NOW) til Mother Road Marathon beigns!  WOW!  Where has the summer gone? 

My training has been right on schedule, I have been able to keep all of my scheduled runs and am pretty happy with things.  A few weeks ago my 22 mile long run was AWFUL!  I started out to fast, didn't drink enough during the run and pretty much wilted at the end.  But I finished it.

I was much smarter from my 24 mile training run.  I kept my pace the designated 2 minutes slower then what my race pace will (hopefully) be, drank every mile and finished it feeling STRONG & GREAT!  Can you believe it, if you follow the training guidelines, things work out well.....  By the way, speaking of training programs, I have used the Jeff Galloway run-walk-run program and it is great!  His books are great too.  If you every have any desire to try any distance running his books are the ones to buy and use.

So this weekend is my last long run before the 3 week "taper" to prepare for race day.  It will be a 26 mile run.

Now is the time for the big

ASK....

The reason I have bored all of you with my mundane hobbie of distance running is because of

This wonderful Lady

and

This precious girl

My goal is to raise money for Horses of Hope's scholarship fund, and these two beautiful ladies are just a couple of riders who have benefitted from the assistance that our scholarship fund has to offer.  With our your help, these 2 ladies and many other may not get to continue their therapeutic riding. 

My theme for this marathon has been "5"s. 

I want to finish in the "5" hour range (anything under 6 hours is win for me)

I want to raise $500......

maybe it could $5,000

But that is up to you.  Please click HERE to donate to our scholarship fund.