10.58miles - Sunday - day 58

another beautiful day in paradise!!!! 11.48minute/mile - keeping my avg steady.... Donnie and Amy and Lauren are here from Ohio for spring break---I dropped my drink bottle "out on the road" and Lauren helped me find it----a "bonus" adventure....as Lauren says...-----thank goodness!!!!! Shanna's home today from her 4-day jaunt to g-ville and j-ville....we're excited for her to be home --- cannot wait to hear about her trip!!!!!

day 53 - some rocks along the railroad tracks!

the "ROCKs along the railroad tracks" are only one block - from 8th Street to 4th.....but man-o-man....a good workout!

Bridge Day - #52

decided I needed some "bridge"-work - so parked at the Manatee observation parking lot at the westside base of the 17th Street bridge. over and back. over and back. almost 4 miles. wind was coming hard out of the west/northwest......so coming "back" each time was a bear!!!! but managed under 12minute/mile again!!! happy Monday!

12mile SUNDAY - 3/21/10 - day 51

A beautiful day.....a tuff run! well---it is fair-week you know! so....to be honest, I've not paid great attention to my diet, to my hydration, or to my training plan.....just haven't!!! but---sure had fun at the fair!!!!! and especially to celebrate nephew-Conor's b-day today.....Tim got me up at 6:15am....I made oatmeal and was in the truck at 7am hitching a ride w/ him over to the boat-ramp! you can see the route - boat ramp up to A1A and all the way up to Fred Tuerke Drive close to JI.......then turned around and headed back down A1A, hit the Conn Beach boardwalk and on down OceanDrive and then thru Riomar and across the 17th Street Bridge and home......did a less than 12minute mile again this weekend---YEAH---but it sure was tuff!!! Tim has said the wind would pick up about 9am....well---sure enuf----9:20am just as I was heading up the bridge......indeed, there it was.....coming from the southeast.....directly into my face! o well---I'll pretend that was special training...to help me be faster on a windless day! All along the way, I was thinking about why I'm doing this and how grateful I am for all the help and support I've gotten............we're all helping LLS make progress in the fight.............thanks y'all for inspiring me!!!!!

8.14 miles - day 43 already!!!

what a beautiful morning....it's getting habit to hitch a ride w/ Tim to the firestation and starting from there!!! gives me a chance to eat my oatmeal too!!!!! so how do you like seeing my route? neat -huh?!!! went westward and then eastward today---nice sidewalks most of the way!!! and....drum roll pls...!!!......broke the 12minute/mile mark! averaged 11:40 today....fun!!!! not really worried about time----but who can resist thinking about it!!!!! happy Saturday everyone----see you all out at the fair!!!

Bridge work for day 38!

17th Street bridge - over and to A1A and back - what a beautiful afternoon and a grand way to start the evening!!!

Day 37 - 10.87 miles!

what a beautimous day! hitched a ride w/ Tim out to FD#3 about 7am'ish and took off from there.....around Aviation BLVD (many planes taking off and landing!) around and thru the country club, over Barber and 17th Street Bridges, and home along IR BLVD.....nice!!!! avg'd just over 12minute miles----not bad....not grand, but not bad for this ole'lady! and much time to think about my family and friends and all my special folks who are running along w/ me every day by way of my t-shirt---and I must say, I'm feeling very grateful for so very many things!!!! And last nite at our Cancer Society Spaghetti Dinner (way to go WachoviaWellsFargo StarChasers---awesome job--- u all rock!), I found a new friend (thanks to Dan Long!)----little Vincent....he's a survivor and is now going w/ me too on my VTNT events!!!!! So now I've had a nice run, a wonderful chat with Ky to catch up on our worlds, getting ready to have some lunch w/ Shan before she heads to Fliegal's baby shower, and and and..........this afternoon, Nathan and Roger and mabye R2 too and I are gonna go see the dinosaurs at McKee Gardens!!!! cannot wait!!!!!

what a day already - happy Sunday everyone!

p.s.----more exciting news.......another good friend made a significant contribution to Leukemia & Lymphoma Society recently and has pushed our VTNT fund-raising OVER goal!!!!! Many thanks PATTI....your contribution and your encouragement is greatly appreciated and tell your brother he too is with me every day!!!!!!

Day 34 - Thursday/TEMPO!

@ Charles Park tonite - cold!!!!! but a great work-out!

1 mile warm-up
1/2mile hard / 1/2mile easy /1/2mile hard
1 mile warm-down

Day 33 - a short run and then Edward's ball game!

and they won! was freezing out....but that didn't stop the Hale's Angels!!!! So I left the bank and ran on over to the Rosewood Little League Fields..........Nicolace family was there----fabulous! simply fabulous!

Day 32 - getting home from work!

Left from the bank about 5:30pm'ish.......got almost to 16th Street and my good friend, Jennifer Jones, called my cell! I was looking forward to her call so of course I answered........'cause I just knew she would tell me all about the Gasparilla 15k she did last weekend in Tampa! Well---she had a grand time....the masses of people were amazing she said....the expo Friday nite was fab!!!!! then she came home and did the Sunrunner's 10k on Sunday! crazy girl that she is.....and what an inspiration!!!! HAPPY RUNNING Jennifer---we'll have lunch soon....I cannot wait to see your medal and the pic's!!! so--anyway----we talked and laughed and then I ran some......got to the railroad tracks at 8th Street and ran along the rocks to 4th! then on home!!!! really nice way to end my day!!!!

see you all out on the road...........xoxoxoxox