The Holidays: good for family, bad for training

I have not been on schedule this whole training season, and now with the holiday on Thursday, I don't see this week being the week that I jump back on schedule. But Saturday should be my saving grace. I plan to start hardcore training on Saturday and for the remainder of this season. Until then, it's turkey time!!! Hope that everyone has a great and blessed holiday. Love, Cyndi

I'm Baaaaaack!

After a tiny break both in my foot and my training schedule, I am back. Training for the next half marathon began last week. Though thanks to a virus and upper respiratory infection, I was unable to attend. However, I am back and ready to go.  I will be training for the Memorial 1/2 Marathon in Oklahoma City on May 1.  We have already done quite a bit of fundraising and only have a little bit left to go. Hopefully, it goes by quickly so I can concentrate on training and take better care of my body.  No more aches, pains, breaks, or sprains. Wouldn't that be nice?! So get ready for this continuing journey. I'm sure that there is tons of madness yet to happen. Peace, Love, and cheese, Cyndi

My first race is in the BAG!

Before the race - Not quite awake yet!

On Saturday, the 28th, I ran and finished my very first 5K race. I ran the Moore War 5K to raise money for scholarships. It went pretty well. My time wasn't great but better than I expected.  I finished in 45:02. There was about 400 people there. It was my first time running in a crowd, which if you don't know, can be kinda scary. You better move your butt or you will be ran over. The course was okay. I think I met the cousin of the hills that live in norman, so that part sucked. But overall not a bad run. 15 minute miles is a long ways from the 20 minutes miles I was running when I started. Plus we had cute fireman at a couple of the water stops. : ) I felt like a real runner with my gear on, my IPod cranking out some wicked tunes, and my bib pinned securely to my shirt. Though I did have issue with my pants. My specialty dryknit runner's britches that used to be too tight that I could barely get into them tried to make a break for it and started down toward my knees. I kept having to pull them up every few steps.  It completely threw off my stride. So definetly time for some new pants. And I will admit that I am a little ashamed that I was passed by a few people pushing strollers, but in my defense they were flying by like they had the RT's.  It was overall a good experience, and I'm glad that I got my very first race in the bag.  I'm an old pro from here on out. : )

My familia came out to cheer me on! P.S. Daddy dressed them. LOL!

That Makes Me Nervous

I have my first official race this weekend. Nothing big, nothing fancy. Just a little 5K in my hometown to raise money for scholarships. But I'm a little nervous. I've been training for almost 4 months now, but I've never ran in a real race before. So hopefully, all goes well and I finish in a respectable time. Fingers crossed!

Just Kidding.....

Just Kidding. I am back in the game! I just found out that I will be able to transfer to a different race. So I only thought that I was finished with training.  Yippee!!!! I will begin training for the OKC Memorial Marathon. Right here in my very own city. So no big travel plans, but a meaningful race to commerate the victims of the Oklahoma City Bombing. So I will still be training and blogging.... Keep checking in to see what happens next!

Sadly, yes...

Sadly, yes.... I am no longer training for the Team In Training 1/2 marathon in San Francisco. I did not meet my fundraising goal by the deadline. But we raised a big chunk of money for LLS, and hopefully it will put us one step closer to finding a cure. I will keeping training, just not as hard and will have a headstart on next year. Our fundraising will be bigger and better and we will meet our goal and I WILL cross that finishline. Until then I will continue to update this blog and train and maybe run some small races to practice. I will be skinny....okay, less fat! OH, and raise money for cancer research! : )

Miles (Stairs) in Paradise

View from my room. St. Thomas, USVI

The dreaded "99Stairs"

Me, tired & sunburnt

I just spent the majority of the last week in a tropical paradise. I won a trip through my job .