Nike Women's Marathon

As you can see, I have my next marathon on the calendar.....and Big Sur locked in as well (that one sold out in 59 minutes!).
The Nike Women's Marathon is a lottery and I got in via a team entry i.e. when you enter the lottery if you are attached to a "team" you enter a team number.  You then have two chances to get in, one as an individual and two, if anyone in your team gets in you all get in.  Of course I don't actually know anyone in the team but the team organizers, she was working for me on a project and invited me to join.  You don't run together or anything, it's just a way to have two chances to get in.
Given the op and my back troubles I am behind in my training.  It's a slow crawl back up the hills of San Fran for me but I am back on the training regime.  Usually at this point in the plan my long run would be 18 miles, as of today my longest is 9 miles (three days ago).  If I can get to a long run of 18 in the next 6 weeks before the marathon I'll tough out the rest (normally your longest is 22 as part of training).  I have to balance getting the miles with not getting injured.  I'm a little bit scared about the whole thing but it's the 10th anniversary of the run so I really really want to do it.  I've run various parts of the course before so I know the ups and downs really well. I'm just going to stay positive and get the job done.
Labour weekend here.  Low key getting lots of chores done and spending time with Sharene and the kids.  Also we gave away our koi a few weeks back ..... made me sad but the maintenance didn't fit with Irene and my schedule and they've gone to a really good home with a guy who loves them and has an awesome pool.  While we figure out the backyard I am making the tank into a plant pond....work in progress!  I will send pics when done.  Also we are getting the house painted so will send pics of that too!