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I Don't Like Ike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ike needs to turn around and go back to where he came from. He is ruining a PERFECTLY good weekend for me, already.

Shellie and I have been planning our last long run for St. George in Austin for a few weeks now and I've been getting more and more excited about it. Augie was going to come along as well and do a bike ride on the Longhorn 70.3 course while we were running.

Now Ike is probably going to prevent us from stepping outside the entire weekend, no matter what part of the state we are in. We were planning to run in Austin to get some much-needed hill work in. Looks like that has gone out the door. The storm is forecast to hit around midnight Friday right now, but people forget when they are looking at those maps that that is the eye of the storm, not the whole storm. Ike is huge right now and is going to start causing problems in Houston and Austin starting Friday and lasting until who knows when. I doubt we would even have much luck getting to Austin any time after Thursday night if we tried.

So now we are potentially screwed because we really need to get a long (20-22 miles) run in this weekend. Next weekend will be too close to the marathon and we had a "down week" last week and I only ran 15 miles. Grrrrrrrrrrr............... I also sooooooooooo needed the weekend away. Ugh.

Comments

greyhound said…
Go east, young woman. Either that or just get ready for the longest dreadmill run ever.
September 10, 2008 at 2:04 PM
CoachLiz said…
I will still be out running in the rain and wind on Saturday morning. Just as long as there is no lightning I am all for braving the elements!
September 10, 2008 at 3:19 PM
clea said…
sooooo, sorry. Maybe it will miss Texas?!?
September 10, 2008 at 6:13 PM
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