2)"ON THE LEFT"...really means "move over lady, you're too dang slow!"
3) Goose poop is REALLY slippery.
4) The hill right before the Antioch/College intersection is a KILLER when you have to tackle that monster at the very END of your 10 mile run.
5) Body glide is a good thing!
6) So is Nature's Path organic "Optimum Power Breakfast Cereal" (with flax, soy, and blueberry).
7) It's really hard to talk and run after the 5 mile mark.
8) *My City* sucks because we don't have any sidewalks to run on!
9) Taking an "ice bath" is a learned art form (notice how I'm trying to keep my toes from incurring any frostbite damage-LOL!).

*Can you say BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

10) TWO 25 lb bags of ice is TOO MUCH ice for said "ice bath" (I'll be going back to the ONE bag method...)
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And now for the "Bead Selling" pics! (Just one of the creative little ways I'm trying to earn $$$ for my marathon).

* Don't worry Mom, we were just SELLING those beads. By the end of the day the "Mardi Gras" comments were getting really old!

MONEY, MONEY, MONEY!