May Day

12 miles - It was great to meet up with the local crew this weekend. It was a skeleton crew as a few team members were at the Vancouver 1/2 marathon/marathon. Not sure where the other "regulars" were but Stacy and I plugged away on our 12 mile run. It's really fun to get to know others over a couple hours of running. :-) Kevin hung with us on his bike for a while but had to scoot off early for his kids baseball events. It was the most gorgeous weather ever for a morning run. Also, first day of the Des Moines Farmers Market. Had that one on my calendar with a heart around it for months! Also as it is May 1, it reminds me of when my mom used to help us make May baskets and deliver them to our friends. As a farm kid, we didn't get to run next door and ring a doorbell. We had to jump in the old woody station wagon and drive around to the other farms outside of Reinbeck. Some great memories, we used to be pretty creative with ice cream cones, popcorn balls and candy, and we were not above throwing a dixie cup and pipecleaner handle together some years for good measure. So... the fact that it is May 1 also reminds me that we are 5 weeks away from the big day. And as the training is going well... I'm just happy I'm saying that is May Day, rather than yelling in distress Mayday, Mayday! Big huge difference. :-)