Race One...

 

Third Place                     Lindie, Me, Genaro

  

Whew, I got the first one out of the way!  The Gumby Run was soooo much fun.  It is a smaller race, maybe 300 participants, which is perfect.  The weather was awesome, sun shinning, green grass everywhere, and we even saw a jack rabbit.  The sandy trail winds through oak trees all the while you have a nice view of Folsom Lake.  Being a smaller race, you have the opportunity of placing in your age group.  My husband, Genaro, had a fantastic run which placed him in the winner's circle on platform number 3 (aka Third Place in the 50-59 year old males).  Not to mention he was only 11 seconds from First Place, woo-hoo! 

Lindie and I both crossed the finish line at the same time (neither one of us wanted to come in last and get the Pokey award).  I came in 10th in my age bracket (of course there were only like fourteen 50-59 year old women but that is neither here nor there).  If you have the opportunity to participate in the Gumby Run, I recommend this race and I give it 4 out of 5 shoes.  Next stop, The Davis Stampede.

Checking It Twice

Well, it is the eve of my 50th birthday and my first race.  I'll admit, I have a few butterflies in my stomach.  I'm one of those people who makes lists, then another list, and one more list just to make sure I have it all.  Running shoes, check; shorts, check; sports bra, check; special socks, check; ID, check; directions, check; set the alarm, check; fuel in the car, check; and so on and blah blah blah.  I'm sure you know a "list-er" in your life.  One of the cool things on my list is my new FitBit.  It was an early present from some good friends-to help me along in my quest.  It is quite the handy gadget, it measures the number of steps I take, miles gone, stairs climbed, and calories burned (another list-my kind of gadget).  Every morning when I wake up, I have already  burned about 415 calories, and the longer I stay in bed, the more calories I seem to burn.  I LOVE my FitBit!  During today's workout, I checked it against the treadmill and hey, what do you know, the info was the same on the treadmill as on my FitBit; accuracy, check!  Thank you gang for my cool lil gadget; Thank you note, check.

All Aboard...

OMG, the crazy train is definitely gaining speed, everyone off the tracks, I'm coming through!  It's funny, you come up with an idea and it "sounds" good in your head, so you kinda go with it.  But once it is spoken, written, or just "out there", you start to realize the enormity of your idea.  Don't get me wrong, I'm still on board, even have my ticket punched by the conductor, but it's just plain craziness.  What's even more crazy is that I don't want to abort my mission!

I do want to say thank you to everyone who is waving to me at the train station as I leave.  I am especially excited by the fact that several of you have boarded the train with me to run in a few of my races!  A big shout out to Genaro and Lindie for joining me on my birthday (and inaugural run) on February 4th.  It is nice to know that your friends will support you, no matter how crazy you just might be!  I guess you can say that is a mark of true friendship, so I want to say thanks again to ALL my friends who are boarding and waving to me on my crazy train.  Don't forget to laugh all you want, because after all, if you can't laugh at yourself then what can you laugh at...oh yeah, me, the Crazy Lady!

All In The Name of A Goal

Well, I have just spent the last four hours attempting to set up a blog for a goal of mine.  I wish to run 50 races during my 50th birthday year.  Come to find out, setting up this blog is turning out to be more work than the training I am doing for my races!

I use the term "race" very loosely, it is more of an event than a race.  A race implies I might have a chance of winning, not gonna happen, no way no how.  When I use the term "run", well, it's more of a slightly faster walk, or as my 18 year old son puts it, "Is this how fast you can run mom, cause for me, I'm just walking."  Yeah yeah yeah, everybody's a comedian, don't make me pull this car over.

So here is the "plan" (another loose term), starting on my birthday, February 4th, I will "run" 50 "races" and conclude the last race on February 3, 2013!  So by my quick calculations, that's about one race a week for a year.  The races will consist of various distances, 5K, 10K, even a 1/2 marathon-already schuduled for March 11 (The Shamrockin') and perhaps if all is going well a marathon or two!