Quick note and a photo!

Hey there, everyone! I am here in Paris, sitting in an Internet cafe, but I wanted to take a minute to let you all know how it is going. We have done two training runs since we got here, and let me tell you: it is pretty awesome to run along the Seine and under the Eiffel Tower! Here's a photo from our run a couple of days ago. The quality is pretty bad (the computers in the Internet cafe are not set up for good image manipulation) but you can get the idea. I will replace this photo with a cleaner version when I get back to the States. (Update: the photo has been cleaned up and replaced. Also, you can click to see a larger version!)

Okay, that's all for now. We are going on more adventures. In a few days I will do my 6-miler in Dublin and will fill you in then.

Take care!

Kenner

5 miles, and WHOOSH!

Hey there everybody. I don't have much time to fill you in, as in about 10 minutes or so a cab is going to show up to whisk us away to Paris! But I just wanted to let you know that we ran our 5-miler this morning here in Chicago (not in Paris, as I originally thought that we would do because I thought that our flight was in the morning) and everything went well. Very well, actually, as both Agnes and I felt pretty good and also felt that we could have easily continued if we had needed to do so. Hopefully the 6-miler in Dublin next week feels as good, though I doubt it will because I will be running it alone instead of in our group. It's amazing what a difference it makes.

We are going to be stopping by Internet cafes and such while we are abroad, so I will try to post more.

And thanks to everyone who has donated money to the cause! It means so much to me. If you have donated and do not see the amount that you donated reflected in the total posted on my page, don't fret. It takes 2-3 days for the donation to get processed by the AIDS Marathon people.

Okay, cab calling, time to go! Take care all and thanks for coming by!

Kenner

4 miles down

Howdy, kids. Did the 4-miler today, not too much trouble. I rolled out my I.T. bands when I got home and I am hoping that doing some proactive work on that will help me avoid the problems that I experienced the last time I trained for a marathon. I'm planning out what all I need to take with me to Paris so that we can keep on track with our training. We'll do our 5-miler in Paris and then I will do the 6-miler on my own in Dublin on my way back to the States.

Let's see, in other news... one thing that I need to do is to get myself some of those socks that keep your feet at a ninety-degree angle when you sleep at night. When I wake up in the morning, my calves are cranked so tightly; that's left over from the last marathon, too. It makes my feet hurt and I need to get on top of it if I am going to avoid that being a problem, I think.

Okay, have a few things to take care of before bed so I'd better sign off. Thanks for coming by!

This is my first test post

I just need to see how this thing is going to look. I'm not sure yet how I plan to use this blog, if it's solely going to include training information or if I may let other things bleed in. Only time will tell, I suppose.