The 100th Post?

According to the "dashboard" there were 99 posts before this one. I suppose I should have realized that before now and done more of a celebration?

Hmmm. How about a quick 100th post party?

Hoorah!!! Pass the cake!! Yummy.

Ok, that was fun, thanks for attending.

Speaking of attending, last week I put out a teaser that there might be something more fun this week. Well, due to a scheduling conflict, that did not work out. So, tonight will be the normal TRY evening. Meeting at the Liverpool park at 5:30. And not having to sweat through our tech-wick. That'll be something new! I'm not sure I can run without sweating out a couple pounds?

A quick congratulations:
Two TRYers completed their first ever marathons this past weekend in Rochester. Congratulations Jen and Jax! Doing a late summer marathon means that their long runs were right in the midst of our unusually hot summer! Not easy to do, but they stuck with it and persevered.

The years blend together and so do the running stories, but I think I'm getting this right:
"Jax" is not only a cheesy-poofy snack! She was not even a distance runner until last year but she did her first Mountain Goat, Boilermaker and half marathon in '09. And now she has added her first marathon in '10.
Jen had a one year head start on her with her distance running doing her first Mountain Goat and Boilermaker in '08. And after her first? half marathon last year she wanted to up the ante. And how better to make use of the reduced time she had this year due to her much-much longer commute than to spend a crap-ton of time building up her distance running base?
So, the two of them are in their 2nd and 3rd year as distance runners and have already put the cherry on top their distance running careers.

Congratulations on achieving your goals and for putting in all the sacrifices that go along with it! (The time, the pain, the skipping other fun things this summer along the way before/after your runs.)

While I was dodging the heat and dodging the rain, you two were out there doing your long runs. You didn't just try. You did! I'm impressed. :-)

(And your greatest reward is that you are forever the dual stars of the 100th TRY blog post! It doesn't get much more glamorous than that.)