One for every mile

Before you ask, I AM WORKING ON THE PICTURES I PROMISE!! I have a ton, so I am trying to figure out the best way to get them on the blog without doing it one by one. My computer savvy brother sent me some suggestions, so I will work on it tomorrow!

Well, I weighed myself last week before my birthday, and I have now lost 13 pounds! One pound for every mile of the race. At this rate, I have about 4 more races to go, and I'll be happy... no really, I am pretty proud of myself.

In TNT news, Dan and I were selected to be mentors for the Winter season! I plan to be a fundraising mentor, and Dan will be a non-fundraising mentor. We'll have to cover his travel/race costs separately, but he'll train for the full marathon. I am going to do the half this time. Oh, I guess I forgot to mention WHERE the race will be...

WE'RE GOING TO DISNEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm a little excited about doing the Disney Marathon, if you hadn't guessed. I am absolutely Mickey-obsessed!

Disney is very strict about their pace times, though. So I will have to train even harder than last time. I bought a book called Marathoning for Mortals by John Bingham. He's "the penguin" that spoke at our pasta party. It has several training programs in it, but I think I am going to do a walk/run program for Disney. For example, I will walk for 4 minutes, and run for 2 for the entire 13 miles (or 5/1 or 3/2 or whatever). I think it will increase my speed enough. My goal is to finish in under 03:30:00! I am going to kick some mouse-butt!

We are really excited to continue our involvement with such a great cause! I'll keep this blog going, since I found out so many people actually LIKE to read my updates. Thanks for checking in!

-Sara