40 things

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1. Do you like bleu cheese? Yep
2. Have you ever smoked? A few times. Found it to be a stupid thing to do.
3. Do you own a gun? No and I wont allow any near my home.
4. Favorite type of food? I like almost all of them, not a fan of bananas though
5. Favorite type of music? Old stuff, Pop, Country
6. What do you think of hot dogs? Love Smith Hotdogs!
7. Favorite Christmas movie? National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Water
9. Can you do push ups? Not the correct way
10. What’s your favorite piece of jewelry? My engagement ring.
11. Favorite hobby? Reading blogs
12. Do you have A. D. D.? Nope, maybe sometimes.
13. Do you wear glasses/contacts? Yep, contacts since 7th grade, thank god.
14. Middle name? Lynn
15. Name three thoughts at this exact moment: I want to leave work now, I would rather be shopping on this Black Friday, I like driving Mike's car to work intstead of mine.
16. Name three drinks you regularly drink: Water, orange juice and milk
17. Current worry? Finding a way to pay for Xmas w/out using credit cards
18. Current hate right now? Traffic
19. Favorite place to be? Home.
20. How did you bring in the new year? Nice and quiet and perfect.
21. Someplace you’d like to go? Hawaii and Italy and Ireland.
22. Name three people who will complete this. Probably no one!
23. Do you own slippers? Nope
24. What color shirt are you wearing? Purple
25. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? Love them!
26. Can you whistle? Not even close.
27. Where are you now? At work
28. Would you be a pirate? No way. Id rather stay in a hotel than on the seas, plus I get seasick.
29. What songs do you sing in the shower? Cant think of one
30. Favorite Girl’s Name? too many to list
31. Favorite boy’s name? something italian sounding
32. What is in your pocket right now? no pockets!
33. Last thing that made you laugh? Veronica and I talking about this strange pt at work
34. What vehicle do you drive? SUBARU, the only car Ill probably drive
35. Worst injury you’ve ever had? Does diabetes count as an injury?
36. Do you love where you live? I do, but there are some negatives that are hard to get used too.
37. How many TVs do you have in your house? Two
38. How many computers do you have in your house? One now but a new laptop is on its way!
39. If you changed your job, what would it be? Something more flexible!
40. If you were granted three wishes, what would they be? Healthy Jenny, Healthy Mike, Great Wedding in 2010

Engaged!

at the race....

Results from Richmond....

Congratulations Jenny on finishing the 2009 McDonald's Half Marathon.

There were 559 finishers in your age group and 4578 total finishers. Your overall finish place was 2796, your age group finish place was 315 and your gender finish place was 1369. Your chip time was 2:13:33 and your pace was 10:12 per mile.

You can find full results at http://www.richmondmarathon.com/

Thank You,
Richmond SportsBackers

quote

Believe that you can run farther or faster. Believe that you're young enough, old enough, strong enough, and so on to accomplish everything you want to do. Don't let worn out beliefs stop you from moving beyond yourself.

John Bingham, "Tools and Rules," Runner's World

2 days 21 hrs...

According to the race ticker that is how much time is left until the race. Ughh...this is nerve wracking. I am mostly packed up but surprised how warm it might be on Saturday. I am going to have to bring numerous outfits to wear! The hotel seems like it will be really nice and we already have Friday all planned out. Saturday we have the race at 730 AM and then will see how the rest of the day goes! The Pitt game is on and OSU plays so hopefully we can watch those and be in a good mood with good race results! We shall see!

10 and PR's...

The 10 miles on Saturday went a lot better than expected...in most regards at least. I was running pretty fast and finished pretty on target with my 10 mile pace from the Cherry Blossom race in April. That being said I was run/walking a lot b/c my stomach was killing me. Not a great thing to experience when you are on a trail in the middle of nowhere. Hopefully that was a one time thing and wont affect me in the race!

The 5K on Sunday for the Race Against the Odds was good too. It was a nice morning and for a very good cause. Mike ran with me the whole time and we finished around 27:55 which is a personal best for me for the 5K. Beating my old time of 29:16. That is a much needed confidence booster to say the least.

10 days

The race is in 10 days. I have no idea where the time has gone. I am not prepared for this mentally or physically. I still have some hope that I am going to be able to finish it at a decent pace, but it is hard to see that at times. I just wanted to be able to enjoy running and be good at it as a way for my diabetic self to stay in shape. Its not going very well lately. Running 12 on Sat was a complete failure. I ran maybe 5 and then ran/walked the rest of the way. I have never felt that bad running before and my blood sugars went from 65-250 throughout the whole time. Not good and that really affects my ability to run. Hopefully for the race I will be able to at least get my blood sugars in line. We shall see how that goes. This is draining lately.