Sweet home new jersey

Ricki and I are about to run together.

8k Race day

Goal: 1) No walking
           2) Finish in 45 minutes
      
Chip time: 44:20


I DID IT!!!!

This was 7:30am, before the race. It's really hard taking a picture of yourself. More pictures and official time screen shot to come.

I should have been blonde!

I had to watch a you tube video to figure out how to attach my race chip (Dtag) to my shoe. I hope I don't run off course tomorrow!

Belk Charity Event

Run. Yoga. Belk Charity Event.

Thank you Real Housewives of New York for playing was I was on the treadmill.
Thank you to Louise for coming to Yoga.
Thank you to Aviva for sitting at Belk and harassing strangers for hours on end with me to raise money for Crohn's and Colitis. (Round of applause for Aviva!!!!)

Dilworth Runner In Training!

I work in Dilworth, and I see people running by themselves and in groups during the day, all day.  I am always jealous. So, today I packed up my running gear in the morning and headed to work. (Yes, it is a lot to pack up! Who would have thought running included so much stuff? ) The rundown....

Headband-to hold headphones in better and catch sweat so it doesn't blind me.
Shoes
Socks
Shirt
Shorts
Running Belt- pre-filled the bottles with gatorade and kept them in a cooler
Iphone holder & Iphone- for music and gps

...I might as well stuffed the kitchen sink in the bag too!

Anyways, I started running downtown, looped back around to the Dilworth neighborhoods. WOW! I never knew those houses were so nice back there. They are so close to downtown, but you would never know it running through the neighborhood. Grass, birds, kids walking home from school; peaceful. I will definitely run there again.

Enter complaints here: North Carolina pollen!!!!!

This weekend is the Elizabeth 8K AKA my first race EVER!! :)

Thank you to those who have donated to the CCFA in honor of my race, I truly appreciate it!

It's getting easier!

This weekend I ran a course I had run before, and it was a tad easier. I'm not saying it was a piece of cake, it was 6 miles. I ran side by side Caroline pretty much the whole time. At the end she said I kept her going, but I think she kept me going while we were running. I don't know why but I can't ever manage to run with other people at the same speed. I feel like I run in lala land while other people can run side by side. There are other people on the course that are with my group, which is what makes it easier. But to actually run side by side is so cool and accomplished!

I use mapmyrun as an app on my phone to track my running. They had sent out an email for a 30 day challenge. Run 30 miles in 30 days. I got my virtual trophy!

Looking back, how did I come so far already? I'm really proud of myself.