Dean Karnazes with Regis & Kelly

I have runner's conflict! I want to start with this guy at Disneyland but alas.... money does not grow on trees .... but *SIGH* I WAAAAANNA RUN WITH HIM!!!!

For those who don't know, I'm a Regis & Kelly JUNKIE - and this morning they made a HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT! They are partnering with  Dean Karnazes - the UltraMarathon Inspiration- to benefit Action For Healthy Kids. He will run across America - from Disneyland to their studio in NY and I want to start the run with him at Disneyland... but I can't... because of above :(

Anyway, I wanted to share this announcement because it interests me and I thought maybe it would interest you :)  ENJOY and Follow his journey here - Regis & Kelly with Dean Karnazes!!

Goals

I've learned that sometimes it's okay to make not yours goals. Sometimes it's actually a good thing. It's an important learning experience. You get to evaluate things you did right and wrong and things you can do diffferently and how to improve... or maybe if you did things just fine and it just didn't work out. I did not make my 25 point goal.... but I made it to 23 :) And I was really proud of myself.

I'm currently looking at the 2011 race schedule for California.... I like to do my traveling around races, so this is the point in the year where I do get to do some fun planning for the upcoming year. It's a very exciting time in my personal year because races excite me and give me a new push to be better at everything I do. When I'm running I'm just a better person over all :)

I only have one specific goal in 2011. No matter how many races I get in, or don't get in, I want to run a sub 2:00 half marathon. This goal will take work, but will be fun work and is a completely attainable goal. I have complete faith in myself that I can do it.

Holiday Bootie Buster Challenge

Hello! Hello! Man, I sure sucked at keeping this up! Oh well, I'm back now to chronicle more of my journey in running, staying fit and gracefully getting older!

Let's just get right to it. Today was the first day of the Holiday Bootie Buster Challenge aka the HBBC! I'm pretty excited about this, it just looks fun and any motivation around the holidays is gladly accepted :) Let me know if any of you decide to do it too. That would be so fun!







How did today go? Hahaha, I earned 4 points, not exactly what I planned! I basically ate like poo, laid around and then made up for it doing an hour of Cardio X :)

Not much more to say now. I'm looking for my next race. I enjoy taking it easy for awhile after a race, but then it's time to get moving again.

Happy Healthy Holidays Everyone!!

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Tonight I will take the opportunity to focus on the positives, I think that's a better idea.

• I am thankful I have 2 strong healthy legs to run with.
• I am thankful that I have a beautiful healthy baby to be cranky during our run.
• Sorry guys, but I'm thankful for this time of the month that makes my run so crampy and hurty, because that means my body is healthy and running right.
• I am thankful for a wonderful husband I can be annoyed with.
• I am thankful that that wonderful husband does crazy things like train for half-marathons with me. :)
• I am thankful for all the tomorrows, because on a bad day, there's always the hope for tomorrow :)

First run of 2010!!

Yippppeee did it feel good! Kev is all healed up so he went with me. I am absolutely 100% SO proud of him! He said it's the longest he's ever run and he did a really great job. K, Enough about him... it's also the longest I've run in a year. It felt really good, needless to say, I am so motivated and inspired to go further and further. By the end of the run I still had energy and believe I had at least 1 more mile in me, which is good because we really paced ourselves. Ko Olina is also a really nice area to run in, the ocean sounds amazing at night and the atmosphere is really relaxing and chill. I'm stoked because I got this new widget over there to the left... -------> to keep up with all my miles on here. It's a really cool website and I'm enjoying it so far. Another cool way to share my bests and totals with you all as I move along this journey. If anyone knows any other websites clue me in. I'm in absorbtion mode for new running info. I'm reading The Non Runners Marathon Guide For Women right now and I love it. Although I'm a relatively experienced runner and have been for awhile, I don't know a lot about serious distance training and I was sort of starting from scratch after having Scarlett. Anywho, tonight I realized that I am "Chipper Jen"... you gotta read the book. Basically Chipper Jen is the peppy, always happy, running, pain lover... yep that's me. I'm all like "I love this, this feels SO great" and Kev's like...."you're nuts"! It's cute! Back to Kev for a moment; it is so great doing this with him. I remember training before and wishing I could share how stoked I was with him and he could understand it, now he does and not only does he understand it, but I'm sharing the experience with him. I think this is going to be one of the funnest things we've ever done together (there goes my Chipper Jen-ness again!). Alright, don't really know what else to say on top of that... I've decided NOT to list my goals yet. I'm going to go through Jan and evaluate my goals as I go. Then, at the end of January, I'm going to lay them all out. I like this plan.

I believe in myself! I believe in myself!

     That's what it sounded like in my head at the end of my 35 minute run today... Oh! I have so far to go! Day 2 of official training for the Big-Island halfy and it's going ummmm well. Kev and I did a little over 3 together on Sunday and it was really nice. Different running with Kev (not much girl-talk, haha), but nice nonetheless. I think it will become really great time for us. Today I did the same, but I decided it would be a good idea to do it around 4PM... moron! So by the end all I was saying was "This was stupid, you can do it. This was stupid, you can do it!" I have a long road to travel to be back in as great of shape as I was before Scarlett came but I don't mind the road as long as it's filled with crazy fun curves and roller coaster hills, lol!

I do believe in myself. I can do this!