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My streak of watching the Twins lose is now over!! Since moving back to the Twin Cities in 2006, every Twins game I have attended, they have lost...that is until last night! I think my record was 0-8, but now it is 1-8. When you add that I have yet to see a Vikings victory or Wild victory into the mix, my record is 1-13. Then add in the only T-Wolves game I have been to (which was a win, how strange is that?) and I am 2-13. Not a bad percentage! If I can see a few more Twins victories this year, then I may consider going to Vikings games again.

Running wise...I took Friday off, just because. Ran 10 miles on Saturday morning, and made an effort to not relax so much on the downhill sections, and ran a pretty fast time for that course. I am going to start preparing myself for fast downhill running, since the US Mountain Champs are 5 weeks away, and I am concerned with my downhill running ability.

Today I ran 16 miles at the Stillwater Marathon. Mike and I started our run near the finish and ran the course backwards until 10 miles, and finished up at my parent's house. Running the course backwards may have been more difficult than running the course in the proper direction. The final 6 miles of the marathon are downhill, but that is after a brutal hill at 19 miles, preceded by a brutal hill at half-marathon. These hills could make you cry. It is a hilly course, good for a Sunday run, but I don't know if I would aim for a fast time on that course. Mike and I did have a lot of people tell us we were running the wrong way, and one guy even thought we were showing off.

Song of the Day: Runaway Boys - Stray Cats