Training Continues - and Mileage Update

The weather has been interesting lately and really as wreaked a little havoc with training!  Raining and cool, flash flood warnings, and many-days-straight of 95+ degree weather.  Since my training post on July 2, and including our 10 miles in Hershey on July 3, I was about 63 miles.

July 9, 4 miles hills in Camp Hill

July 10, 11 miles in Harrisburg (greenbelt)

July 14, 6 miles in Camp Hill (4 hills 2 flat)

Mileage to date:  84.  Another 12 planned for Saturday.  GO TEAM!!!

Book Excerpt - "If This Were My Last Hour"

I saw this today on LinkedIn in the Group for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS). It really moved me, and with permission of the author, Joyce Marie Sheldon, please see this excerpt from her second book, Seekers and Dreamers.  I mentioned it tonight as our "Mission Moment" at the TNT group walk, and am pleased to present it here.

If this were my last hour
I would gather those I love
in a circle ‘round my feet
and these would be my words …

May the vibrations of my soul
Echo within your heart
With sounds of comfort and of peace

May the whispers of my spirit
linger in your daydreams
with visions of serenity and joy

And my the words that I have spoken
Through all the years of our togetherness
reside inside your being
all the days of your life

May my words cause you to reach
for more than you think possible to attain
and to become more than you think
possible to become

And the memories,
Ah, the memories!
All the days that we have shared
The tender times
The times of woe
May each lesson learned
and every moment spent
be forever a part of your daydreams

May you always know that my spirit will linger
close to your heart and that forever –
forever!
I will be yours.

Updated for mid-week training.....

So..... just in case there weren't enough hills on Saturday morning, I did a 4 mile hill workout on Tuesday night with a friend, another 4 mile hill workout with fellow TNT teammates and mentors on Thursday, and we have 10 miles on tap for this coming Saturday.

Training miles to date (including Saturday): 62.8 miles.