The New Year so far!

I've been tracking my food intake and staying within my calorie range. So far so good. I've lost 2 lbs so far!

Last Thursday, my sister Lisa calls and asks me if I want to do a 10K put on by the Dallas Running Club with her. Mind you, I haven't been running on a consistent basis. So, of course, I said "Sure!" I went ahead and signed up with the Dallas Running club because for a small fee, you can do 8 races free per year!

The 10K that we did was the Frigid Run. It was a mess. There were about 900 runners and 4 computers. Race was supposed to start at 8am. They kept saying "20 more minutes!" "20 more minutes" About 9:45am, they said again "20 more minutes!" and by this point, we just wanted to go. They warned us that it wouldn't be timed but no one cared. They said "Go" and off we went.

Since they weren't timing us, my sister ran with me. I'm much slower than her and it was good running with her. The first couple of miles were tough but soon after, I got into a groove. I did stop to get water. Then we crossed that weird concrete bridge that I crossed during my half marathon. When I crossed it during the half, I thought something was wrong because it was moving!! My sister said to run on my tippy toes and that helped. Plus, I knew what to expect. About the half way point, we met these 2 ladies and chatted with them. Neat to meet new friends during a run!

We crossed the finish line at 1:17 but my sister's watch said 1:16. I'll take it! This will be my starting point.

My goal for this year is to try to do a race a month.

Feb:

DRC 5 miler 2/1 ?? (not sure yet)

March:

Dash Down Greenville 3/17

April:

Not sure yet

May:

Heels and Hills Half marathon 5/8

American Heroes 5/28 (this is with my Moms of Multiples Group)

That's all I have for right now!

I found out through my new running group that if you sign up for the Mellew Incentive program, you can win free entries or other free stuff! You have to watch their web page and they'll tell you to email them and the first 10 gets a free entry (or whatever).

And, I won a free entry to a race (lower than a half)!!

http://www.mellew.com/index.php

I'm thinking that it would be fun to do the Dadfest and maybe get my dad to do it. We'll see!