13.1 – Oh Yes!!!
I am happy to say that my left calf rose to the occasion (see pevious post below), and I ran my first half-marathon on Sunday! 13.1 miles through the vineyards from Dundee to Carlton, finishing up right here on Pine Street by the winery. It is the culmination of a reaching a goal I set for myself last December – when this race was first announced. I am over the moon that I actually did it. I am also amazed by how much pain I’ve been in for the past two days! I certainly ached a little after my 10 & 11-mile training runs, but for some reason the 13.1 put my body over the top. I felt like I had been beaten with hammers, and savagely beaten at that. Feeling much much better today, and it still hasn’t really sunk in that I actually did it. Huge thanks to everyone for your very kind and encouraging words. I was actually overcome with emotion upon finishing, and admit to getting teary-eyed upon seeing Martha, Pirrie, and Kevin cheering me on at the finish… Now on to the semi-marathon in Burgundy on Nov. 20th. OMG, am I actually going to do this again?
Veraison is finally moving along in the vineyards, though we are still a good ways away from even thinking about harvest. The long-term forecast is calling for warm, then cool, wet, then dry, off and on for several weeks. We will have to be vigilant and make good decisions at every step of the way, but with a little cooperation from the weather gods we could still end up with some excellent fruit. Of course I imagine the press is already starting to write it off, because we had some rain yesterday (at least 6 weeks before harvest), so obviously the vintage is ruined…
I’m getting psyched for lots of great events and activity this fall at the winery (aside from all the harvest insanity, of course…) First up is the release of our 2008 Dom Denise Pinot Noir on Saturday Sept. 18th. All the details are on our Events page – plan to be here to to check out this very special, very limited bottling (only 100 cases produced.)
