Thursday, September 25, 2008

1300 miles, my half marathon and 9 days to go!

I'm a terrible blogger, I admit. I doubt anyone will even get this first blog in almost 3 months!!! I could never keep a diary either, I used to try, when I was Ivy's age. I'd enter in it maybe once or twice and then it would be discovered months later under my bed with dust bunnies all over it, and then the next entery would start with. "I know you haven't heard from me in a while"...

I know you haven't heard from me in awhile...BUT big things have happened and are happening soon!

The 90 miler was a huge success! We had some trials and tribulation as we often do in that race, but I really think that's WHY you do the race!

I also did my first half marathon a week and a half ago. I'm sure many of you heard that the weather was terrible, about 90% humidity and 90 degrees. Despite that - i had a RIOT! It was so much fun, there were so many supporters out and it is most certainly an accomplishment!

As I sit here my running shorts are stinking the place up next to me. Starting in August I've been running to and from work every day, for a plethora of reasons.
1)it kills two birds with one stone, I need to run, and I need to get to work..perfect - its about 4.25 miles to work so that gives me about 8.5 miles a day - and its not an easy 4.25...
2) I HATE U of R parking, so I refuse to buy a parking permit
3) It saves on gas!!!
All that being said, my total miles as of right this very instant is 1281 miles this year! So by the marathon I will be over 1300, which I hope wll be enough!

This Christmas gift is about to be given! The plans have been set- and a week from Saturday Marc and I will drive the course and meet grandma and grandpa at the Wineglass Marathon Expo!!! To tell you the truth - I'm pretty excited!