Jingle Bell Bootcamp

Hello hello blog followers - I am in a great mood (currently) because 1) it's Friday 2) my run/walk is out of the way for the day and 3) things are really starting to feel festive!

 

This morning was down right frigid, but we made it to the track before the sun did. I actually double layered the pants today, I do not have an actual temp reading but I can tell you it was below 30 degrees and an my eyes and nose were running plenty enough to prove it. Good thing for me I did load up the pockets with tissues before we left the house. Yes, WE, Shawn was again along for the morning run. He ran practically an entire mile before slowing to walk, he doesn't track his time, but I think he's doing just amazing with this.

It also makes it nice that, he too, hates to run and it's kind of like this camaraderie that we've developed as we "suffer" through this.

 

I was determined to push myself a bit more this AM (reasoning to follow). I ran the first full lap, and rather than slow to a walk at the end of that lap, I ran a bit further today, another 1/4 length of the track. I finished out that lap walking, ran the third, then walked the fourth only until the half way point, then ran to the end. My time reflected the extra effort - 12:51. Shawn and I then walked another lap to cool down (strange, since it was freezing out) a bit before heading home.

 

And while I'm happy to be finished for the week, my sister presented me with yet another challenge - that's right, the girl is about out of challenges if you ask me...but this was more of a challenge/bribe so I relented.

Next Saturday morning, instead of sleeping in before the Killian Christmas Party, I will be participating in a Jingle Bell Run/Walk 5K for Arthritis. My sister paid the $ 15 entry fee and has stated that if I do this Saturday, I will not have to run on Friday morning, she also said that she would stay with me, and of course the run was benefiting a good cause. It was too tempting to turn down.

 

Here is the info. she sent to me:

 

2010 Jingle Bell Run/Walk®
Harrisburg, PA
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Registration Begin at 8:30 AM
5K Race Begins at 10 AM


Be there with bells on!

Get in the spirit this holiday season at the Arthritis Foundation’s Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis®. Be one of the thousands of runners and walkers who hit the nation’s pavements, pathways and parks this winter to fight arthritis, the nation’s most common cause of disability.

Jingle Bell Run/Walk® is a fun and festive way to kick off your holidays by helping others! Wear a holiday themed costume. Tie jingle bells to your shoelaces. Run or walk a 5 kilometer route with your team members and celebrate the season by giving.

 

So I'm all signed up and ready to roll. I get an e-mail from the people at the Jingle Bell Boot Camp, I mean Run/Walk, to e-mail to family friends so that they can join me or support me in this effort. Much to my surprise, $ 120 has already been raised in my name. YOU PEOPLE ARE FANTASTIC!

 

Because you have been so supportive and wonderful, I am open to "suggestions"/donations for my Jingle Bell Boot Camp, er Run/Walk, costume...just remember, I'm not the best runner so let's not impede my efforts too much. I was thinking pigtails...I love a good excuse to wear pigtails.

 

Have a great weekend, thank you Uncle Tom, and thanks to the rest of you, you really do motivate me everyday. I'll write more next week, though I plan on getting in quite the work out tomorrow - Brenda and I are hitting NYC for a day of shopping :).