6 Weeks

Holy toledo, thank goodness we only have 6 weeks left until CDA. The month of May is the largest load we have had so far and it put the hurt on. Jason's training plan is a lot more difficult than mine and the last two Thursdays he has ran 24 & 23 miles (I only did about 19 each time and that is a huge difference although it might not sound like it). This past Thursday, he had a really rough day and hasn't really bounced back. He is being really smart and took yesterday off and is trying to recover. He'll bounce back and feel even stronger!

The good news is that he came up with a name for his business, how does Arctic Terra, LLC sound? Terra is the Latin word for Earth & Land. Since he hasn't been working out, he spent the last couple days working on a bid for a project. We are slowly getting things set up for him and I think the list of projects is growing faster than what he might have time to get done.

We also have a new addition to our family until we leave for Idaho. We are renting an altitude machine from Coach B. Mom, don't worry....this machine hooked up to me doesn't mean I'm dying and everything is ok! ;) The idea is that it will help acclimate us to a higher elevation and then when we race (at a lower elevation), we will feel like a million bucks! I hope this thing works magic, because in order to use it you have to hold it to your mouth for 1 hour every other day. That means you are foreced to sit still and do nothing! It absolutely drives me crazy.