Flash backs

Okay, I was driving home to Esterhazy (the potash capital of the world) so I had two hours to think, which is never a good thing.

One thing that has bothered me for sometime now is that in Holland there are no fences between the farmer's fields, just little canals (and I would only really call them a stream because they can't be more than two feet across). In fact, as our Contiki Manager Emma told us, BMW actually prefers to use the leather from Holland because they know the hides will not be scratched up from fences. But this is my question: How come the cattle (and they even had some horses) not just or wade through the water? I ask Shannon about four times, and just as I was about to ask for the fifth time, I thought better. She was pretty snarky the last time when she replied, "I DON'T KNOW."

Other than that, I officially have seven days until I will run a marathon. I ran 32 km about a week ago, and I haven't been able to run since. Just as I recovered from that, I was goofing around and pulled a muscle in my groin area (one of my very favourite areas!). Am I starting to freak out? YES! But I read in "Runner's World" that to help pass the kms, you should make a list and dedicate a prayer to someone for each km. I've got a few already in mind, but if you're in need of some help from the Man himself, let me know. Even if you don't have strong feelings about prayer, I would still like to give you a good thought as I run through the marathon. I've got to come up with 42 people!