Day 4,477—it was Easier Yesterday and The Vero Beach Octopus 100 Part IX: the Final Arm!—
Start time: 7:39 a.m. Weather: Mid 60s, wind 1.8 mi/h, Humidity 85% I got up a little before 6:30 today; both my cats and son were way too close to me. My tiny 3-year-old son is basically trying to push me off the bed, and my youngest cat, Perseus, is trying to claw my face as he steps on my hair. Come on dude! But I made up and out the door only a little after I did yesterday, and it was a beautiful day! I tried to figure out this route based on a modified version of my typical June run. Oh, I found out yesterday that I made it into the Run Rabbit Run in Colorado! It will be my first-ever Colorado race and the one I wanted to do when there are so many good ones in that state, so I am excited about that and no more pressure to think about doing any more races this year. I got 2 more 100-mile races to do, which will mean I will have completed 6 100-mile races this year and added 5 additional states to my total for the year. 6 is the perfect number of races bec...
