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Camping...

Headed camping for the weekend at Eisenhower State Park. I am ready for some sunshine, s'mores, fishing and bike rides! Bring it on!

11.13.11

I decided this week that my next challenge will be the 2011 San Antonio Half Marathon. I think I have convinced Candace and Blake to do it with me. The race is November 13, and is part of the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon series. I have tried to run half marathons before, I ran the Nashville race, kind of trained and walked parts of it. I signed up for the Chicago race, sort of trained but got Swine Flu so didn't run that one. I want to give it a real effort this time. I'm going to use the Hal Higgins Novice training plan. It takes 12 weeks (atleast) so I will need to start in mid-August. I realistically need to start sooner, because I hate running and am pretty bad at it. Last week at Crossfit I had my best mile time that I can remember. It was right at 10 minutes. I am a very slow runner but was very proud of myself for being a little quicker. I'll keep ya'll updated as things get closer but here is the goal:

Training for your first Half

Week	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
1	Stretch & Strengthen	3 m run	2 m run or cross	3 m run + strength	Rest	30 min cross	4 m run
2	Stretch & Strengthen	3 m run	2 m run or cross	3 m run + strength	Rest	30 min cross	4 m run
3	Stretch & Strengthen	3.5 m run	2 m run or cross	3.5 m run + strength	Rest	40 min cross	5 m run
4	Stretch & Strengthen	3.5 m run	2 m run or cross	3.5 m run + strength	Rest	40 min cross	5 m run
5	Stretch & Strengthen	4 m run	2 m run or cross	4 m run + strength	Rest	40 min cross	6 m run
6	Stretch & Strengthen	4 m run	2 m run or cross	4 m run + strength	Rest or easy run	Rest	5-K Race
7	Stretch & Strengthen	4.5 m run	3 m run or cross	4.5 m run + strength	Rest	50 min cross	7 m run
8	Stretch & Strengthen	4.5 m run	3 m run or cross	4.5 m run + strength	Rest	50 min cross	8 m run
9	Stretch & Strengthen	5 m run	3 m run or cross	5 m run + strength	Rest or easy run	Rest	10-K Race
10	Stretch & Strengthen	5 m run	3 m run or cross	5 m run + strength	Rest	60 min cross	9 m run
11	Stretch & Strengthen	5 m run	3 m run or cross	5 m run + strength	Rest	60 min cross	10 m run
12	Stretch & Strengthen	4 m run	3 m run or cross	2 m run	Rest	Rest	Half Marathon

We Have Strawberries!

The first produce from the garden.

Muscles and the Smell of Spraytans.

My friend Stephanie that I know from Cross Fit was competing in a fitness competition this weekend and I told her I would go. I had nothing else to do and thought it would be entertainig....boy was it ever. I went with my other friend Lori from Cross Fit and we left at 7 am. Steph told us that they would sell out and we would not get a seat unless we got there early. So we did. It was in Mesquite, about an hours drive. The competition lasted 6 hours, I repeat, 6 hours. That was just the prejudging. They had another part that night. Lori went back but I had had enough. Here are some of the highlights. Steph looked great and placed 6th out of tons of women. This is Steph, she made her own suit.

These were the 50+ Men and Women (the guy in the middle of the second picture, shorter, in the red, is 71!!!!!)

Lots and lots of muscles.

New Hutch

Adam bought a wine hutch thing that we had been watching at World Market. We got a 25% off coupon so he picked it up last week. It looks pretty good! I'm not sure if I like the huge picture above it. I feel like it kind of dwarfs the piece. But I love the picture, just think it might go better somewhere else. Any thoughts?

Halloween

I know it's a bit early but when I was looking though patterns at JoAnn's I found these. I decided they would be perfect for Silia Laine, Nolan and Barret for next year. I haven't consulted with Meredith, but come on, how could you not what your kids to be gnomes?