My New Team

I haven't updated since we started officially training again with the team. My experience with Team in Training was so wonderful and I learned so much from it, I felt like I should pass on what I have learned. This season I have signed on to be a mentor for the team, I have 6 ladies that are my mentees and I could not have handpicked a better bunch of gals. Some are alums that have participated before and others are exactly like I was last summer, green! They have the same fears, the same goals and the same lung capacity that I did. Some of them have surpassed even where I was at this same point last summer. I have such a strong group of ladies to be privileged to share my journey with. My only hope is with my help and the team's help, their experience will be just as rewarding as mine was.

Go Team!!!

Is their a toenail fairy?

You know how little kids get so excited when their first teeth start to wiggle and they have the anticipation of getting a reward from the tooth fairy? Well...I am starting to ponder, I wonder if their is a toenail fairy? I never thought I would need to even wonder about that until I ran Heels and Hills. I happened to have my toenails a wee bit longer than normal and after running a half marathon, I wound up with a lovely shade of purple in one of my nails. I thought for sure that it would just go back to its lovely pink shade and return to its previous state. I was sadly mistaken. It has been 3.5 months since that event and lo and behold I have a wiggly toe nail. It is teetering on falling off and staying put. I want to wiggle it in hopes that it will fall off and I will put it under my pillow and wish for new running shoes....so I can forever keep the cycle going of purple toe nails ending in skin that I have to paint to look like toenails. Hey, I wonder if nail salons give discounts if they get to paint fewer nails? I need to look into that one!

I am at it again!!!

Well I have taken a little break from my blog, but I haven't taken any time off from running. After completing White Rock Half Marathon, the running addiction began. Once you finish your first race it does something to the chemicals in your brain that cause you to crave that adrenaline rush and excitement of racing. I am totally making that up, but I think it has done something to me anyway. No sooner was White Rock over, that I was already in training mode for Rock N Roll Dallas Half...which I took 10 minutes off my time by the way. Not to mention while at the expo for that race, I signed up to run a FULL marathon in San Antonio on November 14th to commemorate my birthday! After RNR Dallas, I had to get in gear to sign up for something else. I know, I am sick! The next race was Heels and Hills. I ran an even better time than my last race and knocked another 9 minutes off my time.

So, what will I do next? Well, that was a complete no brainer. I LOVED LOVED LOVED running with Team and Training and raising money for Leukemia and Lymphoma so I decided to sign up to run White Rock Half Marathon and I am going to be a mentor for my season. I feel very blessed that I am able to pass on what I have learned and I will be able to help nurture, mold and shape some new runners into trained athletes like myself!

Running for a cause sure makes running a lot more fun. When you have a reason to run when it's 103 degrees out, when you know that the miles you put in are helping something that is battling for their very life, it makes it a lot easier!

Who wants to help support my cause? Donate today to help me achieve my goal...no amount is too small!