4 Weeks Until The Private HIM

Things are coming together for the private HIM October 2nd.  It looks like we'll have four racers.  Cheryl asked how many people were racing and I said four, me, Kate, and a couple guys I met on the Internet :-).

I have some work to do getting the transition area/aid station area together.  It's a bit of a mess right now.

needs a little work

Training has been going fairly well.  I had an 11 mile hot run Saturday and felt strong for most of it.  I did start running out of gas at the end and actually started to walk at at about mile 10.  The mental challenge began.  Funny things go through your mind after running an hour and 45 minutes in 95 degree heat.  Lots of mental games.  A million reasons why to stop, very few why to keep going.  When I get to this place, I sometimes think about a story I've shared before.  Sometime about 10 years ago a neighbor kid was walking by pushing a tractor and talking to himself.  I don't remember exactly what he was saying anymore except for the punch line.  He said, "c'mon Mr. Rabbit it's just me and you and you push".  Cracks me up every time :-).  BTW, that kid now runs an 18 minute 5k in high school.  Back to my run, I won.....

On to some cooking news.  I had a couple friends at work tell me about a couple simple recipes this week so I figured I would try them.  The first was grilled tomatoes.  Cut the tomatoes in half, brush on some olive oil, put on some cracked pepper then five minutes per side with the last couple covered in cheese.  I used an Italian blend of Mozzarella, Parmesan, Provolone and spices.  It was simple to make and tasted fantastic!

yum, tomatoes!

The second recipe was grilled peaches.  Cut the peaches in half and pit them.  Grill them open side down for a couple minutes then skin side down for a couple minutes.  Then drizzle some honey and coat with granola.  These turned out pretty good too.

Peaches!