The "Me" Wall

Marian calls this my "me wall". OK, I can live with that.

I'm not sure how many race numbers are hanging there but there are but each one represents a special challenge. It includes some very memorable races, swim caps from the triathlons and funny hats from the Warrior Dash.

So I run a lot of races, I must have and a few first place medals there right?!? Nope. I have been told I have deceptive speed...I'm slower than you think! So it's always been about finishing for me. I'll let the rabbits get out there and get the medals. I'll be in the middle of the pack or maybe on a good day in small race with only few old farts, I'll sneek into the top three. That is always fun but it's not the most important thing for me. Finish the race, get the tee shirt, fill up a bag with free stufff and go somewhere for a nice breakfast with friends and family. Thats a great Saturday morning.

This week has been a challenage with the weather. My shedule was three, five milers with a four mile hill work out and a seven mile long run. I made all of the runs as scheduled, even though Tuesday morning was 5 degrees with a -10 wind chill so I had to do that one on the treadmill and the Friday hills was in the rain. Then Saturday the worst happened, I was planning to do my 7 mile long run about 8:00 am but this crazy Georgia weather wasn't having it. I quick check of the weather channel showed not only thunderstorms but tornado warnings ! That meant my worst nightmare...7 miles on the treadmill. You gotta do what you gotta do.

Total weekly miles 26.56. Also did 2 light weight workouts and 2 yoga classes.

I did better with my weight this week I weighed in at 181.6 down a little over 2 lbs.  Thank you to all of the folks that emailed me their weight loss tips !

Fundraising total is still $2,953 and 59%  of my goal. Thank you for all of your support. Here is the link to my fundraising page. http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/eddibuck/boston-marathon