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Dated Feb. 9th... From Left to Right in the photo: Dan, Christina, Megan, Mentor Shellie, Michelle, Melissa, and ??? I don't recall the other girls name! I am so bad with names! Here is my support group for TNT! On this day we ran 2miles... and have come along way since then! Go Team!!!!!!!

WOW! I got 52 visits so far on my counter! Yeah... and my friend Alan is leaving comments that I totally enjoyed reading this morning!

Since my last post I ran on Thursday at the gym for 5 miles after my tap class... I had food envy that day and created a weekend of splurging on food! At tap I smelled bbq food and then at the gym I smelled IN & OUT BURGER! I went home and had some frozen waffles :( But on Friday I ate Pick Up Stix! Saturday was Olive Garden and Papa John's Pizza... and then Sunday Jeremy and I went to a late lunch at Claim Jumper! I am now back on track for this week and feel blah from the bad diet the last 3 days!

I did run 8 miles with TNT in Irvine... it was AWESOME! I talked to TNT Coach Gillian for a few minutes and then hit our first light about .25 miles in the running... met up with TNT Mentor Lisa, who I helped get her through the miles that day... she was having doubts since she took cold meds the night before and only had 3 hrs of sleep! I talked to her for over 7.5 miles and got her mind off of her doubts without even knowing it until the end of our run.

Saturday I saw Sally in the Riverside area... I also saw her/our friend Devra who did the LA Marathon last yr through TNT! We went shopping, ate at Olive Garden, and saw a cute movie "Penelope"! It is entertaining... but a one timer in book!

Overall for last week, I ran 22 miles out of the 25 goal! I was sore and tired yesterday... so I took it easy and did my laundry and went bowling for my league! I have a bowling hypothesis... I don't know why but since I have been running alot... my bowling has gone down the tubes! I guess it is a good thing for next season... I will have a larger handicap... as for this season... we as a team are about 50/50 on wins vs loses! I know my bowling isn't helping matters since I am about 20+ pins under my avg. So I am testing the hypothesis that running affects bowling, LOL!

Today is 6 miles after work and before my tap class tonight. I get off work at 4pm and have tap at 6pm... My two hour window is for my six mile run! Then I will go home, take a shower, and put on a movie... complements of Netflix!

The TNT training goal for this week is 28 miles My only way of meeting that goal is to run 6 miles Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday and the 10 mile Saturday run with the team! This Saturday is also our Saint Patrick's Day bash in Yorba Linda.... anyone who wants to cheer me and my other teammembers on must drive to Yorba Linda... oh and be their early! The 10 mile run starts at 7:30!

I just checked my donation site and now I am at 1975 out of 2800=825 to go! Whoo Hoo! Thank y'all for helping me out!! I am working on getting more corporate sponsorships... I think I am going to hit up walmarts in my area... one person on my team got 3 walmarts to donate 500... she jumped 1500 in a jiffy! I will work on that this week :)!

In the future... I am thinking of doing another marathon but I want to wait and see how this pans out! I can join Team In Training (TNT) next season but instead of being just a participant... I can join as a Mentor... Mentors don't have to fundraise and still be part of the team. As a mentor you are responsible for 6-8 participants to make sure they check in and out before and after a training event. If they have questions you are their to help (since you already went through their program) and best of all you meet people in your area and make new friends :)

It is an idea.... my friend wants to join after graduation and if she does... I can mentor her... how cool is that!

PS: The best days for me to post is Monday through Wednesday as my weekends are jam packed and I don't have access to this on Thursday's and Friday's!

Thanks for checking in on me :)

Stay tuned for more details tomorrow...