As planned I met Deirdre for 18 miles on Saturday morning, we were joind by Erin and Iris. Erin was running and Iris was riding in the stroller. I haven't seen Erin since she had Iris about 1 year ago. She looked great and was running great as well.

After 4 miles Erin turned around and Deirdre and I headed on into Mt. Airy and through the Wissahickon Park. The pace stayed easy and I felt decent. However, around mile 12 intestinal distress reared it's ugly head and the pace slowly started to drop off. Deirdre was understanding and we even traded a few tales about the subject. The same conversation with a coworker would be odd but with Deirdre on the run it was fine.

We altered the route so I might have better chance at passing a port-a-john but it wasn't until we were nearly finished, on MLK, that I was able to make a pit-stop. I was running 8:20's before the stop and 7:20 after. 18.2 miles in 2:23.