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| Andy and Babs go back to the races! |
Clearly we weren't scarred for life by the marathon because this morning Andy and I headed out to do a 5 mile Turkey Trot benefitting the YMCA. Over the last two years we've tried doing different turkey trots on Thanksgiving morning, but those turned out to be a huge headache. When I found out there was a turkey trot the weekend before Thanksgiving we decided to go ahead and give it a try.
The weather was beautiful - crisp but sunny. The course had a few hills but nothing too terribly bad. Andy and I lined up pretty close to the start line with Marcia (she was the one that told me about the race) - not necessarily a mistake because I didn't get stuck behind any strollers, but... I couldn't resist trying to keep up with all of the cheetahs. I know better than that!!! Ugh. Andy was able to hold the pace better so he was gone after about three minutes. I finished my first mile in 8:30. Yikes. I paid for that fast start and felt pretty nauseous by the end. Even still, I managed to push myself and finished in 45:23 - a 9:05 average pace!!! My best 5 mile race time by FAR!! :-) :-) :-) I love starting my day with a PR!!!!! Did I mention I was 6th in my age group?
Andy kicked butt and finished in 44:10 (8:50 pace). Way to go Brown! Speaking of people who killed their races today.... Cheetah Sarah ran a half marathon with her brother in Philly and killed it in 1:51:56. Amazing!!! I signed up for text message updates for Sarah's race and had a lot of fun following her progress - especially hearing the text come in that she had finished while I was running my own race!
So what else is new? It's been about a week since I've posted and a lot has gone on. Here are the highlights:
- Partner personal training #2 w/Sarah was a success. This time we used the Kinesis machines... a good workout, but not quite as challenging as the TRX. I'm glad he's going to mix it up for us though!
- Boxing class with Anna, Katie, and Kristin! We had a different instructor who was more informative and also gave us a great workout. Super fun.
- Andy and I saw the James Bond movie... so good!
- Finally bought a 26.2 magnet for my car!!!
Also I was a perfect follower of Weight Watchers this week. It was kind of "fun" to track my points (especially my activity points) all week long. Unfortunately my race was at the same time as my normal meeting time, so I will hopefully be attending a makeup meeting tomorrow.
After the marathon, I took the first week off of life. The second week after, I got back into exercising. This last week I got back on track with food. So this week... I'm going to try to get back to regular posts on my blog! Lucky you!! I guess I'll just write about what goes on each day since I don't have anything specific to focus on... unless any of you have ideas of course. :-)
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