Halling Go To Alaska

I wrote a little bloggy piece for the Sisterhood.   Check it out!

Sunday 1/9/11 The face of a marathoner! Monday - 1/10/11 Epcot at night! Tuesday 1/11/11 It's a crappy phone picture, but out our plane window, we saw another plane. Wednesday 1/12/11 My new bumper sticker.  Had to wash the area on my truck so I could put it on.  Thursday 1/13/11 Double rainbow.  It was breath-taking.  Sorta felt like that guy on the youtube video. Friday 1/14/11 Beautiful sunset out my front door.  Saturday 1/15/11 Do you see the collie dog face in the clouds?  Because that's all I can see. 

If you've paid any attention to me on twitter you'd know that I was a smidge nervous about this half.  Why was I nervous? Well my first scheduled 12-mile training run that I finished in Texas a week or so ago was not a happy run for me.  In fact, the self-proclaimed it's-easier-for-me-to-keep-running-rather-than-do-walk/run-intervals ran 6 miles and then walked/ran the last 6.  They were hard miles.  I wanted to wuss out at 10 miles.  I felt fatigued and unmotivated.  I'm not sure if I felt that I let myself down or I let my girls down.  You see, this whole Team in Training idea was mine.  I was so excited when The Sisterhood decided to start running.  'Cuz running is my thang.  I've always enjoyed it.  And I've felt responsible to hold up my end of the bargain - being the "good running role model". So Saturday night I was talking to T and told him that I needed his running mojo for the morning.  I needed the mojo that allowed ...

Yes, it's that time of the week again where I sit down and try to wrap my brain around what I have  get to do this week. Run, 3 times this week. Continue with hundredpushups.com week 4 Start twohundredsquats.com week 1 Remember to take something to do during girls' ski lessons tomorrow. Get prepared for T to be gone Wednesday through Sunday. Remember to have patience with the little people in my house. Get some goodies ordered for Hooker Retreat 2010.  Finalize my fundraising letter for Team In Training. I think that's plenty to accomplish in one week.  Hey, did I mention that I'm running a half marathon in San Diego in June for Team In Training and The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society?  Did you hear that I have a challenge over here where in I might  be shaving my head in April?   And I just might have a random drawing for free stuff if you donate?  Yeah, you should go check it out.