Saturday, December 27, 2008

A Flock of Chicks

I hope everyone had a great Holiday. We had a really nice Christmas day with my family at my sisters house. I received one of the coolest gifts ever!! Mich and Lisa made a donation in my name to Heifer International. It's a nonprofit organization which helps struggling people from around the world become self-reliant for food and income. The donation they made bought a flock of chicks for a family! I'm always sending my sisters Humane Society emails, petitions, recycling info, etc so Mich and Lisa knew I would love this. If you're interested, check out http://www.heifer.org/. Now if I could just get Mich to stop drinking bottled water...

Now for running...I realized today that the New Orleans half is only 5 weeks away. I haven't run more than 8 miles since the marathon. I'm starting to get a little nervous. I ran 7 miles today and think I have to get a 10 miler in next weekend. I could have done more today but we have a wedding in the city tonight so I need to save some energy for dancing!!!

Here's a picture from Christmas day. I had to put this up because I'm sporting my new t-shirt from Pumpkin. I have a feeling this will get a lot of wear!! Under the 26.2 is says, "I did it."

Challenge Updates:

HBBC = 123.10

100 Push Up Challenge = week 2 complete, assessment tomorrow

12 comments:

Jeanette said...

How come you didn't mention my cool blanket??? :(

Unknown said...

I think you will be fine for the half. Your in good shape. I like the shirt. Wear it out!

Marlene said...

Love the shirt!

You have so much mileage under your belt, the halfer will be no problem.

Have fun at the wedding!

joyRuN said...

LOVE the shirt! And great job on the HBBC points.

N.D. said...

Great shirt!!! I think you'll be fine for the half even if you've only done 8. It's only 5 more and you know you can handle it! Glad you had a good xmas!

Mel-2nd Chances said...

Love the shirt! You will be fine for your HM... trust your training. Enjoy the wedding tonight!

Marci said...

That is such a cute shirt, and you have been working out like mad, so I'm not sure why you are worried about your HM! (speedy speester!!)

Run Mommy said...

I think you have no worries considering your marathon finish time. Love your shirt!

BOBBI McCORMICK said...

how did everyone get soooo many points!!! lol...love the shirt and cute pic:)

RunToTheFinish said...

great shirt! I love that organization and think it's wonderful when people look outside the US for donations

Julianne said...

Omg, 123 HBBC points? I should just give up now. Holy cow. You are gonna win yo! :-)
And, that is a very cute photo of you and Pumpkin. Oh and what an awesome present you got... I love that they made a donation in your name! How awesome! : -)

SuperDave said...

cool shirt..