Tomorrow at this time, I’ll be swimming

Yikes.  Not thinking too much about it right now.

I read somewhere about an experiment where they had a group practicing basketball–free throws, and a control group visualizing doing free throws and the second group made more progress than the first!  So while I’ve been resting, since Wednesday, I’ve been visualizing long swimming strokes, strong bike pedaling and gliding, reaching running strides.  Who knows?  It can’t hurt.

Last night, though, I dreamt that I was running, couldn’t find the street to finish, didn’t have my number on–which would have disqualified me, and was in a panic. Woke up out on the deck, under the huge oaks with Landon next to me–it was just a dream. But it made me realize how much I’m into this thing, that it has invaded my dreams. There will be lots of volunteers tomorrow, including Landon, who will be directing us so that we don’t get lost on the circuitous run.

We do have to watch out for squirrels, though, on the bike ride. They’re busy this time of year and run right out in front of you and one year, a woman crashed running into one!

While I’ve been not training, I’ve been catching up on some farm chores and enjoying all the goodies that are so abundant this time of year. This morning, in just a few minutes when I went to let out the chickens, I gathered tomatoes, figs, berries, one giant carrot, a normal size zucchini (thank goodness), grapes and 3 eggs. I put a photo below. In the background, you can see a basket of lavender that I picked this week.

Also, we have so many deer that wander through and don’t get into the garden, thanks to a high fence. We give them banana peels, which they love and the apples that are no good, so they stand right by the back door and munch away. Two photos of one of the babies from yesterday.

Thanks to all of your generosity, our group has raised over $1,000 for the cause! Hurrah! I’m turning it all in today and you will receive something from the hospital for your taxes. Thank you so much. Your support has meant so much to me and has kept me going when I wanted to quit. I know that tomorrow it will also spur me on to do my best.