Whew. The summer is flying by! First things first though:

HUGE thanks to my most recent contributors. I'm currently at $1205.80, or 68.9% of my goal to raise $1750 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. That's only $544.20 to go. Good thing, because race day is a mere 66 days away (!!).

I am WAY behind in publicly acknowledging my most recent contributors' generosity. My tremendous apologies for this delay, and heartfelt thanks for your support.
Tremendous thanks to:
Linda and Greg T, Minneapolis
Sheila B., Minneapolis
Ann C., St. Paul
Aunt Julie, Fergus Falls, MN
Anonymous (whoever you are, you are awesome)
And fellow bloggers @brooksylite, @tomkeepstrying, and @fitnessyear
Aunt Bonnie (CO)
Cristy DLC, St. Paul, MN
Kecia P, Grand Forks, ND
Darrell G., Minneapolis
Michelle R., St. Paul
Kate E. and Pat S., Minneapolis
Rebecca A., MT
Phyllis and John N., Sioux Falls, SD

Thank you, thank you, thank you all again. Oh, and I did all of my pushups - and there's video evidence! 200 pushups and 46.2 lunges in all.

As far as a training update... our mileage continues to creep upwards. My schedule called for a 15 mile long run last Saturday. Good thing I got there early and got in a bit over 4 before we started, because about 1.5 miles from our starting point, a storm blew a tree down, which took a powerline with it - directly over our trail. Nobody was hurt, but here's a very blurry photo of those of us stranded at a gas station, waiting for a ride back to our cars. (I know it's not clear, but I'm crouching in front with the blue shirt.)

I'll be cutting back a little this week, but next week am scheduled for my first 18 miler of the season - always a tough training run. Hopefully I emerge without an injury. Whew!! Wish me luck!