It's Tuesday!! One more day closer to the weekend! This Saturday we are going to a family reunion (Hubby's side) that is about 3.5 hours away. The first year I dated my hubby he and I and the MIL went together... The second year he had to work so the MIL and I went. Um, THAT will never happen again!! So the loving hubby is joining us agian this summer... It's not a terrible trip, it's just alot more palatable with the hubby along...

Up at 4:45
Ran 3.5 miles
60 walking lunges (ouch!)
100 crunches
24 oz of H2O down the hatch
watered all the flowers in the back yard to 'cool down' from run
I'm already tired and I just got to work!

Last night I scrubbed all the vinyl siding on the house and used a 'house wash' product. That stuff really does the trick. It looks great!
My back and shoulders can sure feel it! It always feels so good to push yourself physically. I think I am lucky in the sense that I am not genetically pre-destined to be athletic. So when I push myself physically I feel like I get double endorphin 'highs'. I am very energized most days from my run and I know it takes alot more for some people to feel the hormonal or emotional benefits.

One of the guys at work said he saw a good looking blonde running on Saturday (that would be me ) and it wasn't the 'good looking' part that I treasured, it was the next thing he said... 'you run really well, I mean, you have really great form...'. No one has ever said that I looked like a 'good runner' and all I want to be perceived as is a true runner. He made my day and I was so thrilled about it. Hubby says that I look amazing compared to how I was a couple years ago. I have found my stride and it has truly transformed my life. That is not an exaggeration. It has changed how I feel about myself and my life forever.

Thank you Team In Training

So I have Bible study tonight and I am swinging by the Finish Line store at the mall on my way to register for the 5K on Saturday. The race advertizes the ugliest Race T-Shirt ever! It's the World Famous Pig Race and it kicks off the local Jazz and Rib Fest. Of course it starts at an old bar in town called Victory's and returns there for a victory party... It will be fun. I am actually running with 2 other girls so I don't care about speed... I suck at short races anyways so I'm not going to stress. We distance runners are an odd lot... slow as hell for a good 4-6 miles and then it kicks up a notch or more?! I love 1/2 marathons for that reason... All these people take off and 6 miles later I pass up half the crowd. It is really exhilarating. There's a minute area of competition in my soul... It's a small part, but it is still there and does show up once in a while

I'm going to have to stifle it big time for my Momma who wants me to walk a 1/2 marathon in October... I don't even walk fast?! But it will be quality time and I am looking forward to being with my Mom, my bestest friend and her Mom... can I train to run one and then walk it instead?

So.... lots of running of the mouth here today... sorry

Hugs to all.... Happy Tuesday!! Rebekah
695 miles run (goal 1,000 miles!)....
...9,000 crunches in 2006!

WW PTS = 22.5