monday moment-they said it was a 10K

kathy and i are road race ready-weather was great, there was a breeze every now and then. kathy wore a piedometer, and it registered that we really walked 12.98 miles! wow REALLY? it was great fun and we're definitely both in for another one next year.

happy 4th

completed the road race in pretty good time considering we were walking, looking forward to next year. continued the celebrations at joyce and bill's with a cookout. lots of photos on flickr. now, i need to get knitting, quilting, scrapbooking . . . .

ready set go

my number is 63669, and pj's is 95961-andrew and steve bailed so danielle will use andrew's number for the road race on saturday, we'll be doing the race will bill and joyce and then later on we'll go to their house for a bar-b-que- can't wait. am glad this year that the official day off for us will be friday, so that gives me a day to prepare for the race, the bbq, and hopefully get some quilting and knitting done. bought this (in purple punch) so i'll have somewhere to keep my camera and phone. hope to take more pictures than i did last year which i think was none of the race!

happy 4th, indeed

been there-done it- alas, NO PHOTOS except this one that was on juniper near my office, forgot both my camera and my phone, so here's last year's race post- i started at 7:59 and crossed the finish line at 9:33. pretty good time considering i walked the entire race. a couple times i tried to get a bit of a jog in, but my knee was having nothing to do with that. next year's training will consist of strengthening the knee muscles and maybe that stuff that rebuilds cartilage. i miss not actually running it, but it was incredible fun anyway. like the new route down juniper and ending on ponce, a lot less bottle-necked that at piedmont park.

some stuff i saw: people: tons of people, all shapes, sizes colors, fitness levels, ages (racers and fans), babies in various stages of development (unborn to newly born), dogs (all breeds), drinkers beer, coffee, water, mimosas-- bands: jazz, rock, alternative, african, oldies: tons of powerade paper cups, a priest throwing blessed water on the runners (St. Philips Cathedral), flags galore, mile markers (#6 right in front of my office!), i-pods, hats, visors, saxby chambliss, 2 people from my sunday school class (in different areas), cops, helicopters, water, misters, blah blah blah- can NOT wait til next year-here's my trophy- pretty cool

totally off topic, new hair cut- went here had to find a new stylist-what to you think? i like it better after i dried it, not as straight as it was when emily did the blow drying--


HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!!!

my number's up . .

actually it's here! i'm certified for the peachtree, i'll have a much earlier start time, so that means since i'll be walking!!! i should finish by about 10. . . now i just need to figure out how to park at my office before the race begins, 'cause this year the last bit of the race will go in front of my office on juniper street.. ya'll look for me now