Please read you will be glad you did.

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This is an essay from Jenny who is on the RWBF (runners world beginners forum).

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Marathon race report, unfortunaetly not mine.

I was reading a Marathon race report today from Callie (her Blog). Callie is one of 5 ladies that I credit for getting me running. Kim if you are reading this no I was not chasing them. They are all Calorie King members and were runners. I would follow their running conquers and decided I could give it a try.

Callie just completed her 2nd marathon, this from a person who 3 years ago was 90 pounds over weight and in her words "never run farther than to the refrigerator when I needed an ice cream fix". Well Callie has become quite a runner and in this race was looking to BQ (Boston Qualify). You should read her race report for all the details and to see how she made out in her quest.

Also check out this story from MSN on Callie.

For the record the other ladies are Trishie, Becky(not updated) , Tory, and Monica.

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Quick update

Last week I got in 25.25 miles of running which puts me back on pace for 1000 miles for the year. That is good.

I did no Biking or Swimming for the week. I think until I actually go over 1000 miles that will be the norm for me.

Eating is good during the week up until about 9 pm and then I hit the left over candy. And the weekends are pretty bad with eating.

I only had to add 25 cents to the jar yesterday. Of course I was at work and only saw the kids for a few hours so that helped.

Have a soccer dinner tonight with Liam and then I will hit the gym for some treadmill miles (fun).

That's it for now.

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The 4 letter word..

Yes it has come to this my friends. My kids and Kim have instituted the Swear Jar. I now have to put in a quarter every time the kids hear me say the dreaded word. "We" set this up yesterday and there is now $1.00 in the jar. Kim told them when it gets to $50.00 they can buy a new Wii game.

Truth be told I should not be saying the word as it sounds so unintelligent and worse than that my 7 year old son has started saying it now. So I will now attempt to stop saying "AIN'T".

Yes I know it is not one of the 7 words that you can't say on television but like I said I need to stop to set a better example. They do love catching me though and they do want to get to $50.00. Kim told them that I have to say it 200 times to equal $50.00 so now they keep asking how many more times does daddy have to say it?

So I promise that I ain't (will not) say it any more. Do I owe a quarter for that?

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Chart says a 1000 words.

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My run yesterday.




Hard to read this is how it went.

1. About a 1.25 miles in I ran into a guy from www.exercisefriends.com and talked for a minute.

2. About mile 3.5 miles stopped to cross a street. And then shortly felt some stomach pains.

3. About 4.25 miles in had to walk and then made a mad dash into the woods. Walked a little after that episode and then started running again.

4. Actually had a pretty good last few miles after that.

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Conversation I just heard

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Son Liam (7 years old): I shared my lunch today with my friend Ismael, because he forgot that they don't serve lunch on half days.

Daughter Caitlyn (5 year old): Who's ASS MAIL?

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Finding inspiration from others.

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Meet Steve. This is his before picture.



Some may know of Steve Bezner already but if you have not had the chance to check out his blog please take a look and you will want to read about his weight loss and running success. And to hold the suspense you will have to check out his blog for yourself to see the after picture.

For me I find inspiration that Steve is on the verge of qualifying for THE Boston Marathon. Steve has to work out an issue with his hydration but even with hitting the wall he just ran a 3:31:11 marathon. Although I have come to terms with the fact I will never BQ I do hope to someday run a marathon. I have a long way to go but there is hope.

Please go check him out and check out his transformation and wish him well in his future races.

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