26.2
Yes, I realize I’m a little bit late in updating the blog, but I am now officially a MARATHONER! Thank you to everyone for your words of encouragement and support. I knew running was a total mind over body sport, but I had no idea until I crossed the finish line.
Full race report to come soon…
6 days and counting
Ok, so we are 6 days away from the marathon, and the race jitters have officially set in.
But now is not the time to worry. Instead, I MUST FOCUS.
I’ll be watching this video at least once this week to give me some more inspiration. This is a preview.
You can watch the full episode here. If you are like me, you may need some Kleenex towards the end.
Catch you all later.
Hello 2010!
Happy new year everyone! Here’s wishing that 2010 is a better year all around for us all.
Have you ironed out your goals for the new year? Two of my goals are the same from last year: knit myself a sweater, and run my first full marathon. The marathon goal is in 16 days – YIKES! I’m still working on my other goals and will come back with that list soon.
No new knitting to talk about. I’m knitting up something big for my mom’s birthday next week, so I will let you know more when that project is complete.
We’re starting a new social studies project at the school I teach at, and it includes receiving postcards from all over the country and the world. As many of you know, I collect postcards, so when I read one teacher’s idea of incorporating postcards into a lesson plan, I of course jumped at the idea.
I teach elementary school kids, and I know they will love receiving postcards from all over. We will be looking up each place on maps, learning about the culture, and things unique to that area. We plan on displaying them in our hallway next to a map that will point out where each postcard is from. As our project progresses, I will of course post a picture.
If you would like to contribute to our project by sending us a postcard, we would so appreciate it! Please leave me a comment if you are interested, and I’ll email you the address.
A little bit of this, and a little bit of that…
The people from POM Wonderful contacted me a while back and offered to send me some of their pomegranate juice. I had read about this juice on other blogs and was excited to try it out. The taste is REALLY SWEET – almost a little bit too sweet for me. But I added some ginger ale and made my own POM Wonderful spritzer of sorts. While I like the health benefits, I don’t like the sugar content per serving (32 grams for an 8 oz serving), so I probably won’t be drinking it too often. Still, it may be worth your while to give it a try.
Did you know that those same people who make Luna bars now make Luna cookies? They had a giveaway for a free sample on their web site and my sample came over the weekend. I haven’t tried it yet but will let you know how it tastes in a later post.
I did another long run with the gals yesterday, and definitely ran faster and stronger than if I had run alone. Now if only I could make my running during the week just as strong…
Hope everyone has a great week!
Marathon Training has begun!
Yes, I’m back and promise to blog more regularly from now on. With facebook, twitter, and life, who has time to blog anymore?
I just finished knitting up a pair of baby socks for my two cousins’ babies. I love how I can use leftover sock yarn for baby socks. They were a quick knit – now I hope they fit the babies and they are able to wear them for a while!
Pattern: Baby to Toddler Socks
Yarn: Zitorn Trekking, Oak Creek YarnMarathon training started today with a 4 mile run. Thank goodness it was a group run with the gals as I was really feeling the heat (87 degrees at the start) and would have easily given up had it not been for them. I was very apprehensive about running with a group but now I’m so glad I did. There’s never any pressure to run a certain speed or distance, always good conversation, and the miles really do go by much more quickly. I start a new job this week, so I’ll have to see how I can work running into my day before work.
I’m off to comment on everyone’s blogs…enjoy the rest of your weekend!
