The Weekend is here!! Very exciting no?

First a quick re-cap of last weeks MIT run- oh so much fun! (hey that rhymed!) J Anyway I ran with the 12/mile group and my friend Pru is coaching it this season- YEAH! That in itself is very exciting for me, I adore Pru, she’s one awesome lady! Anyway that’s my goal for long runs this season, nothing slower than a 12 (since I hope to run Chicago at an anything under 12 minute average this should work out well), I hope so anyway. I ran 5 miles with the group and stuck with them the whole time- yeah! And my friend Wendy is committed to 12s as well, Yippee!

So this weekend is a busy one- first up tonight I got my finger and toe nails painted.

Then tomorrow is my run with MIT (7 miles planned) and after that home for a shower and then off to my parents house for the weekend. Tomorrow evening my cousin Maggie gets married. Should be fun! Cocktails and cake oh my! Hey at least I’m running 7 miles in the morning, bet no one else in my family will be able to say that!

And on that note I’m back on Weight Watchers (WW) full time hard core like I was when I first started. I have tracked every day this week. I’ve been trying for over a year now to get back on the WW wagon fully and completely and with full commitment, and I’d do fine for a few weeks or even a few months and then I’d fall off the wagon and be right back to eating unhealthy food. I know I run better when I fuel better and so for this whole summer I’m going to track, eat healthy, and exercise (that part should be no problem, what with the marathon training and all) We’ll see where I end up at the end of the training season. In any event I’ll be lighter than I am right now! I’m hoping for at least 20 lbs on Marathon Day- 20 weeks- 20 lbs.

In other news my nephew Braydan (pictured above) had his first stitches this week- he fell from a tree and a tree branch cut him right across his forehead (ouch!) he needed 19 stiches to close the gash! Poor guy! But thankfully no broken bones or concussion or anything.

Happy Memorial Day Weekend all and THANK YOU to Servicemen and Women, who have sacrificed and continue to do so, so I can enjoy the freedoms I am so richly blessed with!
Have great weekends all!

Getting Back into Blogging and Good things Come in Threes

Well it's been a long time since I update the blog- yikes! But for this training season I'm going to try to at least post every couple of days, and I promise to try to upload some picture too. It's a good record for me of my training and other things in my life too.

First up a brief recap of my half marathon in April:

I ran the Kentucky Derby half Marathon Lousiville, and I traveled there and stayed with my friend Amy! It was great fun to hang out with her and get to know her better.

The race day conditions were slightly less than ideal- rainy at the start and then the sun came out which quickly made for a great deal of heat and humdity. But I made the best of it and still had fun! The hills were challenging and I already mentioned the heat! I did run a personal best time, not quite the time I had been hoping for, but that's okay. I ran my best and had fun and that's all you can ask for.

I'm now beginning my 3rd summer of training for a full marathon! This years race in Chicago on 10/10/10. It's a huge race, as I've been saying just me and 40,000 of my closest friends. My third full marathon. I've never been to Chicago so I'm looking forward to it. But first I have to get through the training, which offically starts tomorrow at my running group Marthoners in Training (MIT). Tomorrow is a 6 mile run.

After my run tomorrow I get to see the other three good things in my life-my three nephews!! We are meeting to celebrate my sister's birthday so it'll be fun to see "the boys".

Hope all of you have wonderful weekends whatever you do!