Happy New Year! Many of you know from Facebook that I signed up for the Detroit International Half Marathon again this year. Registration opened this morning at 12:01 am, and that's when I was on line logging in to it. The run is Sunday, October 18. I will be running in support of the Michigan Ovarian Cancer Alliance. More on that to come.When I did the run a couple of years ago, I finished, but it was really not the finish that I had hoped for. I was oh-so-slow because I hadn't prepared like I should have. I didn't feel the sense of accomplishment that I would have, had I put the effort into it that I knew was necessary. This time, that is going to be different. I haven't set an overly ambitious goal for myself... I'll be thrilled with a 13:45 pace!
So... am I currently running? No. But I have a schedule and will start that shortly. In the meantime I will be walking. Today I did a short walk - just 30 minutes. It was cold, but sunny and pretty. The wind was 16 MPH, making the wind chill only 19 degrees. I was bundled up but 30 minutes was enough for me for today. It's always interesting to see what people have put out on their curb the day before trash pickup (so interesting that we have regular visitors that drive through out neighborhood to explore just that on a weekly basis) and it's especially interesting after Christmas and New Year's Eve. Today I went by neighbors... One has gotten a new treadmill, no doubt in direct relationship to a Resolution. The other got a folding gaming chair. Such contrast.
I will be posting often. Thank you for joining me on this journey and I wish you a heathy and happy 2015!
