Heidi Schuette was given a "little" surprise sendoff by the entire Lincoln School student body and all the teachers today, April 15th - they faked an assembly to honor Tax Day?  (I am not quite viewing that as an honor but I think Heidi was quite surprised!)

I HOPE EVERYONE GOT TO SEE HEIDI'S PIC ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE THURS (4/17) COURIER!!! 

Students got dressed up, a mock torch was run into the overflowing auditorium by a Lincoln student, Heidi was presented with several gifts and even the Pioneer Press was in attendance! 

I can't imagine anyone deserving this more as Heidi is a friend to everyone and not just one of the most talented runners we will ever meet - she is the highest of "HIGH CLASS".  I am probably as excited to go to Boston this weekend to see her run as she is running!  Of course, there is a little more pressure on her - but hey I have pressure on me too - making sure I have the camera ready!  

NOW THIS WAS A COOL DAY!!  Even better than one of those "dream" training runs that most of us have rather frequently!  Some of us have frequently?  OK, so maybe we only have once a year if ever????

Good luck Heidi - just running with the best marathoners in the country is special beyond anything I could say here.

This is not an afterthought but congrats to Dan and Serena who qualified for the Boston marathon this year and will be running the day after Heidi's Olympic trails race!  I haven't seen Serena for awhile but I know Dan Pemble is ready and will run a super race - no more 33 mile Grand Canyon training runs till after the race, Dan.