Lightning Update:

1. Finished the Citizen-Times Half Marathon in Asheville, NC. My time was 2:40. It was frigid and extremely hilly.

2. I finally decided to ditch my Vibram Five Fingers due to the massive amounts of blisters from very nasty seems inside at the worst of locations.

3. My training has been back an forth. Yesterday after 3 runs in normal Aisics, my legs almost exploded with pain and I was forced to stop at 1.6 of a 7 mile run. I have determined that it is severe shin splints.

4. Finally got my new shoes in: New Balance "Minimus.". They are the bee's knees!

5. I have a girlfriend. Her name is Katie Pauley.

Ok, you're pretty much caught up.

Sick.

I haven't posted in a while because I haven't had much good news. I was sick for a few days and had to take two runs completely off. That makes me nervous, but I think if I bounce back, I'll still be ready for Asheville next weekend. I would've posted a picture of my feet again, but it's gone past the point of grody and on to disturbing.

James Corbin, one of my best friends from college part two is joining me in Asheville for the half marathon! This is great, but he might piss me off by running circles around me the entire time.