Looking forward

I'm not too sore today - achilles tendon feels fine, legs only slightly wobbly. Tomorrow swim, and onward to June 2! (With the Lake Waramaug tri in mind, I'm going to do all my swims at 1/2 mile instead of 1/3 - might as well go the distance!) I haven't decided what to do about the shoes yet - my worn out, too-small nikes are much kinder on my knees than my brand new, theoretically-my-size, theoretically correct for my kind of arches, Saucony's. I ordered insoles - but the idea of fiddling with the shoes to try and make them work is worrisome. The rest of my gear seems ok - the running pants are a little loose in the waist but they didn't actually fall down since nothing could get past my still-extremely-large hips. Speaking of which, I wonder how the wetsuite I ordered will fit - it should come sometime this week. I also wish my shirt had pockets - I had to carry my gu packet in my bra! Maybe I won't carry one in the tri - I'll have them at transition and on the bike - for the 3 mile run I can probably do without! I didn't get quite enough time to bask in my triumph yesterday as I was so busy wtih the benefit all afternoon and evening, but I did see a lot of friends who showered me with praise - that was pretty nice! (including my friend Jennie, who ran yesterday in 7-minute-miles but was still very generous in congratulating me!)

PS - it looks like I haven't raise much money yet, but in fact quite a few people have sent checks - there's no way to show that in the 'widget' but I'll update the accompanying text tomorrow to show the grand total to date. And lots of people have promised to pledge sometime soon so I'm still confident that we'll get our new Care Car!