Who has the time?

I am fessing up....I did not run one mile this weekend! I feel like I am cheating myself out of cutting some minutes off my time in Austin due to lack of training. BUT....the goal is to run 5 miles everyday leading up to Austin....and pump up the music on my iPod and push the 10 minute mile to 9 minutes.

Also, shout out to Kari for making us some "sweaty bands"....but please don't call them that...reminds me of Alex Baldwin's SNL skit...you know what I am talking about!

Good job ladies on your committment to the running...we will be thankful when we are more in shape for summer than most :)

Sweaty Bands

Have you all heard of Sweaty Bands? At first it reminded me of an episode of Saved by the Bell. . . but they are all the rage among female worker-outers. Basically they are cute headbands with a velvet bottom layer that keeps them on your head. BUT they are $20!



My friend had one on the other day and I commented on how cute it was so she started telling me about them. But she had a secret. . .she had made her own sweaty band and apparently they were really easy to make! My sister and I got ribbon yesterday, and she's going to make us some this week for a lot less than $20 each. I'll let you know how it goes!

Weekend Running Updates

Saturday was a beautiful day so I got out and did 7.5miles. They were pretty slow, but I powered through and got them done. Anyone else?

Suiting up!

Look what came in the mail. . . thanks to Joshua Ibarra at LWI for making sure I'm ready for the big day! I can't wait to wear this during the Austin Half and other upcoming races to raise awareness for LWI!

So far so good for me this week. Have done 3 of my 4 planned runs on the days planned! I'm at 12 miles for the week with a 5 mi run scheduled for Sunday. Any one else?

Weekend Running Goals

Does anyone have a long run planned for this weekend? I need to do 9-10 miles to get ready for Austin!

Weekend Running Update

Ok, ladies. Time to fess up with how your running went this weekend! I was supposed to do 3 easy on Saturday. Didn't. But I did do my 5 long run on Sunday night (treadmill). Pretty good run. I did 3 fast miles this morning - it was my first morning run in almost a year! Felt really good to be awake and going by the time I got to work. Anyone else?

Hot Chocolate 10K Recap

Unofficial Times:
Irina - 59min
Leslie - 1hr 7min

Race Highlights:
- Free Mug!
- New place to run
- Being part of inagural Hot Chocolate run
- Great finishing times
- Dream Cafe breakfast after

Race Lowlights:
- Freezing hands
- Wet feet
- That dang Addison bridge!
- Drizzle

Leslie's fave songs for this race:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZsjCHJ9GkY
Francesca Battistelli - Blue Sky. . . seriously, did you look outside Saturday morning?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV8NHsmVMPE&ob=av2nm
Maroon 5 - Harder to Breathe. . . . came on during my second trek uphill on the bridge. . .approporiate title!!

Racing Schedule

Irina and Leslie will be running in the Hot Chocolate 10K on January 15, 2011 in Addison. . .yay for free mugs!!

Irina, Leslie and Leslie's friend Cathleen will be running the Austin Half Marathon on February 20, 2011 in Austin (obviously!). . . check out the First Giving link to see how you can participate!

http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/leslie-eden/leslieeden

Sheila and Leslie will be running in the Leaping Leprechauns 15K on March 12, 2011 in McKinney. . . let's wish them the best of luck!

On April 10th at Fair Park in Dallas, Leslie, Sheila, and Irina will be running the Big D Half while Marinela and Jen will be running the 5k!

Irina will be running the DRC White Rock Lake Centennial Celebration Half Marathon on May 7, 2011. . .should be a huge party!

Stay tuned for more 2011 races!!