18 MILE RUN

Our journey began at 9:30 Saturday morning. I thought it would be fun to run from dad and mom Belnaps to dad and mom VanderSloots. So we dropped Crew off at G & G Belnaps and started what would be our first of 18 miles. The weather couldn't have been more perfect. We made our first stop during mile 5 at KJ's gas station for a bathroom brake and some liquids. 3 minutes later we were back on the road. Our route went down Sunnyside to So. Blvd down 21st to Rollandet to Pancheri then Skyline to Broadway to 45th then finally 33rd. Dev did have a couple of girls stop and ask for directions to the zoo. Yes the Zoo. I'm thinking they just wanted to get a better look at him close up. We made a second stop during mile 13 at Maverick. Needing much more water and Poweraide at this point. Our legs were starting to cramp and we could count the blisters that were forming on our feet. Back on the road again we were making great time. We were on our last two miles and Dev started getting really frustrated with me. I wanted to start walking (We hadn't walked at all up to this point) . He did sprint the last 1/2 mile without me. And let me just say I had to force Dev to do this with me. And the night before he kept saying he didn't think he could do it. Of course he displayed nothing but competativness and showed no signs of weekness. Toward the end of our run and into the next day we were both pretty sore. But to my suprise I woke up this morning with not a single sore muscle in my body. Not trying to promote or anything but I do have to say I give credit for my fast recovery to the Access bar and Proflex protein drink. 18 miles and 3 hours later, Dev said he'll never do it again. But I'm thinking we should make it a yearly run. So who's in?