2/26 - Another Mentor lead run @ Oggi's

We all met at Oggi's tonight and we were going for a 6 mile run... I had my boys with me today and they were riding their bikes... I have had a few tough weeks and I am just trying to get my life all back together so when we took off... I literally took off... :-) I have a tendancy when running with my boys on their bikes I tend to follow them and speed up with them... I lost my team by the first block and just got lost in my run... My mind was spinning, I was talking to my boys and at the 1.5 spot I turned around to catch up with the team behind me... we in turn continued on our quest of 6 miles... I of course did it again, left them with my kids and we just continued to run to the 3 mile turn around.... Feeling great during a run has not been in any of my runs lately.

David, Gary and myself along with my boys turned around at the 3 mile mark and shortly after I lost one of my kids on the floor... He took a great wipe out!!! We picked him up, dusted him off and off we went... I told him to suck it up and ride... that is what happens when you try to do tricks on your bike!!!

We all had a great run back and another successful TEAM RUN!!! Till next time!

2/24 - 7 Mile Team Run

Today for the team we all met up at Kit Karson park and were going on for a 10 mile run... my health is still recovering so I only went on a 7 mile run... I ran a great run out to the 3.5 mile turn around pretty much solo as the runners I started out with were WAY too fast for me but it felt great so from 1.5 to 3.5 I was solo... I don't mind that at all... but from what I found out later that mentor Gary was trying to play catch up and didn't catch me until my turn around point... Oops, had I know I would have slowed down a bit more... Hee, hee... Oops!

At the turn around I ran with a newbie named Brad... His wife and him joined the Team and are enjoying everything... He is signed up to run the half marathon at RNR but I think I convinced him to run the FULL!!! We ran a great pace back at 9:27's-9:30's... He said he felt great on the trails and thanked me for running with him. It was great to run with another new person today... It's always nice to hear their story on why they are out there.

Well, here is to another week of training...

2/19 - Mentor Run

Today seems to be a better day... Another mentor and I were meeting up at Oggi's to run with a few of our teammates to help them along... I decided to add mileage to my run to see how I felt and I left my house a bit earlier to head over... I put my iPod on and just started running and it FELT GREAT!! It was the best I felt in a LONG time and I was sure happy that the beggining portion of my run went well... I met up with the gang and there were 5 of us in total... I ran with Stacy and Joanne and we had a great run... Gary ran/walked with Kelly for the short 3 mile run. It was a little loop that went somewhat by my house... it was great! After bringing everyone back to Oggi's I talked to Gary for a few minutes and then headed back to my house on foot... with iPod running buddy with me.. I was listening to a few songs that really make you think but really got me going... "Suddenly I See" and "Over my Head"... two songs that my life totally seem to be in right now.

More to come in the coming week... First track work out on 2/21 and another Mentor lead run on 2/22!

2/17 - 9 Mile Training Run (Cut short)

Met up with our team this morning and the C team was scheduled to run 9 miles... I wasn't feeling up to speed so I just ran/walked 4 which was all my body said it could handle. I tried to stay positive and listen to it as I went along. It was the best thing I could have done for myself. The rest of the team had a great run and a few of my mentees seem to have a great run and that made me very happy. I look forward to getting back to "normal" and being able to go out and just run like I really want too.

2/11 - San Dieguito Half Marathon

I have to say the day started off a little weary with me being sick but being around my teammates and running with David made the run special. I was able to see Lilly, Jennifer, Jeff, Heather, David and a few other of my teammates before and after the race. David and I stated we would take it slow as he didn't get to sleep until 3am that morning and of course for me I have been sick for the past 3-4 weeks. The day was very wet and yet another amazing run... David and I stuck together for the whole race and had a great time!!! Thanks David!!!

2/10 - Training Run

Today I was sick and needed to rest. I did not run my training run with the team but will run the half marathon tomorrow.

2/3/07 - 1st training day with TNT

We had a great training session and it all started at 8am... We met some of our mentee's for the first time and I have to say each and every one of my mentees is awesome!!! Most of them are new to running and are taking on this great journey to support LLS.

We started our training session today with a lot of talking and information regarding our honorree Sarah, she is a cute little 9 year old that is going on 4 years of remission... She is amazing! Off on our run we went and it was a fun 6 miles to start off with... Ok, so not everyone went 6 miles but most of the group stuck with 2-3 miles for their first go around... I however, who just came off of running a marathon on 1/14 and then another half marathon on 1/21 which ended up in 21 grueling miles... was SO ready for 6 miles... I ran with some of my mentee's to start but then I had to drop back as 8 min pace was SO not doing it for me!!! I couldn't hang for the full 6 miles at that pace and needed to step down to my own level... We always forget that one major stepping stone that it isn't about who you can keep up with it's about who you are most comfortable running with. I had the joy of seeing my boys out on the course for the water stations and they had a great time!!! They really liked handing out the water to the runners and just had fun with it...

After our lovely run a few of us on the team headed over to the Potato Shack and had a great breakfast... It was delicious!

More to come next week... Next training session 2/10