I am having so much fun, I can hardly stand it! Last night we all played cards and visited and laughed until bed time, most of my family are to see Lance Armstrong race, my cousin and my sister-in-law are Lance's biggest fans. So they are all pretty hyped up and giddy watching all the different stages, they have seen a few celebrities too. I on the other hand was all excited about my long run up and down the coast. We mapped out our course yesterday and it worked out perfectly, no I should say, there was one glitch, I made a wrong wardrobe choice and had terrible TERRIBLE chaffing, raw to the bone chaffing, and I will not tell you where. I ended up making Harold give me his biking shorts and chucked my long pants, it helped some, but it was still pretty miserable. We started out going south and ran as far as the trail would go and then hopped over the railroad tracks and ran on the beach for several miles, that is tough work let me tell you. We ran to a point of land that we could see from the beach house and noticed there was a surfing competition going on so we checked that out and then turned around and came back. Harold and Ernie were on their bikes, so they of course had to wait for Gary and I while we ran along the beach to the point. It was after the beach run that I told Harold to hand over his britches or I would die. That helped tons. We now were on our way to Dana Point. I called my dad on my cell phone and told him we were almost to the beach house and he jumped over a 6 foot wall and over the rail road tracks and gave us a big cheer and an apple and orange, we told him we were half way done, and on our way to Dana Point. He said he and mom would meet us there and treat us to a lite lunch. At this point about 14 miles, I was getting alittle tired and the chaffing was real painful, we made it to Dana Point and met my folks and got a wrap and a chocolate peanut butter shake, I felt renewed, but after sitting for a half an hour, I started getting real cold and when I got up to use the rest room the chaffing seemed unbearable, so I opted to go home with my folks in the car. It was a good choice. Ernie and Gary went all the way to the very point of Dana Point and they are still not back. Harold turned around and actually beat us back to the beach house. I am now showered and comfy and enjoying the sound of the waves breaking in the comfort of our cozy beach house. My total miles for the day was 17.50 we were out for over 4 hours,but I am not sure of our time or splits, as we stopped alot and I would forget to start or stop my garmin. Anyway it was a nice leisurely run, most of the running was at an 11 to 13 min. mile. We stopped to look at babies and play with a dog that looked exactly like Odee, he was halfgolden and half Pyranese, so that was fun. We really did enjoy ourselves and didn't pay attention to our time. Tonight we are getting together with more family and I am making my Cafe Rio Pork Salad that has been in the crock pot since last night. More card games and laughter and maybe some of the Oscar Awards too!!! Tomorrow we come back home, but it has been just what Harold and I have needed for alittle R and R. Sorry this sounds more like a travel log than a running blog entry, but it sure has been fun!!! I am not even going to re-read this so please overlook my typo's this darn lap top is acting stupid.
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