Auld Lang Syne - 5K style!!!!! (Kelly)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!   Ringout out 2010 with the start of a 5K and and ringing in 2011 finishing a 5K!!!  What a great way to start a new year....leaving with good habits and beginning with great habits.  It's actually pretty warm tonight for Dec 31st and especially for a run at midnight.  I can't wait to go down to McFaddens and get this run underway.  I hope everyone has a happy and safe new years eve and a great 2011!!!! 

p.s. i'm going to be exhausted by midnight when the race starts...wasn't able to get a nap in and this old lady usually can't stay up til midnight ....but then Jenn and I are driving to the mountains (after a quick stop at Roy Rodgers on the turnpike =)   )  and tomorrow night there will be a dance off!!!!

HOliday fun! (jenn

Can you have too much holiday fun?!?!? LOL! Yes you can! I am so sick of food and beer! I think I am going to fast for three days! Well not really but bann all junk food and cookies from my house! LOL!
This holiday has been busy and fun and I have been doing ok, if I gained I wouldn't be surprised!
But I will be ok with that! I have been going to the gym and running when we can! we have the run on New year Eve! Yes at midnight we are going to run a 5k around The Link! R we crazy...yes we are! But for me it is going to be a start to a good year or being healthy and working out!
So in kelly's post earlier she talked about Just Dance 2...All I have to say is...GO GET IT!!! It is so fun and a pretty good workout! My arms and calves are a little sore from playing it for almost 2 hours last night! I have no rhythm and can't dance to save my life but this game makes you think you can...It is very funny and going to be even more fun when we get my mom and aunt to do it! LOL!
















I hope everyone had a great holiday and has a safe and awesome new year!!

All I want to do is DANCE!!!!! (Kelly

OMG if you have a Wii you have to run out and get Just Dance 2!!!!  It is an awesome game. Besides it being so much fun it's an unbelievable workout.  I went over Jenn's last night (after I invited myself) to watch the game and to play Just Dance.  We were the half time show for Brian and Tom - - then we patiently waited until the game was over (in reality that game was over in the 1st quarter) and played for another hour or so.  Jenn and I were sweating so much and laughing so hard.  We must have done 10 - 15 dances from It's Raining Men to the Russian dance to Holiday. Plus my mom would be proud I did Proud Mary and didn't do bad at all - - - Tina Turner watch out!!!!!
 I didn't leave Jenn's house til almost 1am which if you know me is about 3 &1/2 hrs past my bedtime - I think I could have stayed another hour but I knew I had to get up for work.   Can't wait to play again......

Christmas hangover.....(Kelly)

I hope everyone had a great christmas - I did!  Got lots of good stuff including some running stuff and gift cards to get running stuff.  Loved all my gifts!!!  Planned on doing the Kris Kringle 5 miler in Reading on Sunday but the weather and sickness held me back.  I got up not feeling great and then the weather people kept saying it was going to snow early so I decided it wasn't worth the hour drive.  Good thing too because as the day went on I felt worse and worse.  My back hurt so bad it was like someone was just wringing it out. I couldn't get comfortable and did nothing but lay on the couch all day.  I woke up today feeling better - my back wasn't sure but my stomach was and still is a little upset.  Still got up and went to the gym with Jenn around 11 but took it easy and just did water workouts and sat in the hot tub and sauna to sweat it out. 
Hopefully the streets are a little cleaner tomorrow so Jenn and I can run.  We have the midnight run on friday .... can't wait!

Visions of new running gear dancing in my head (Kelly)

Only 5 days left till xmas morning and I'm hoping to get some new running gear or at least gift cards so I can go get some new running gear.  Gotta look good when you run especially if you aren't coming in first =)     I'm a walking advertisement for Nike - I don't mean to be but I do like their stuff and I've never had a problem with the quality of it , it's just expensive even at the outlet.   People probably think I'm a cancer survivor because I wear a lot of Livestrong stuff too but I just like the designs and besides part of the money goes to cancer research so I'm doing my part in a way.

I can't wait for the midnight run on New Years Eve - I think it's going to be fun to be downtown and running at midnight while the fireworks are going off in the backround. Don't know how many people are actually signed up for it but it should be fun no matter what.  I'm also thinking about doing a 5 mile run the day after xmas in Reading but I think that's going to be a day of decision depending on the weather. 

On this first day of winter all I can think about is i need the first day of spring!!!!!

Too long..........(jenn)

Wow! Way too long since i have written anything on here and that I think just comes with the territory of the holiday season!
Lets see went to FA and didn't gain anything!! Whoo HOO!!! But also didn't lose, but I am ok with that! I am at a plateau and I am trying not to get frustrated!  I know that I am not working out as much b/c B is never home now and the one thing I have to do is to get my but up in the morning and run before he goes to work! it is just soooooo warm and cozy in the morning and hard to get my self up and motivated when know it is freezing out! BUT I am going to do it this week! Kelly and I ran 1.7 miles this morning at the park, it was chilly but not too bad! We are also going to run as much as we can this week and spin of course on our normal days! Me and the Girls went up to the jingle bell run that Kelly did to cheer here on and I realized that I am a sick person b/c I was jealous that she got to run a race and didn't! What kind of sick person is jealous of someone running 3.1 miles! And to make it even worse I signed up for a midnight run on NEW YEARS EVE!!!! Yes Kelly is running that too! And she challenged me to prepare for a 5 mile run in February! We will see how that works out! 4 miles was tough for me!
So for this week my goal is to run more and eat better, not that i was eating bad but I wasn't eating the righ things! Lots of cookies this past week...UGH! Can't wait to get rid of them all!
Happy Christmas and Merry NEw Year!! I WILL be BACK!!!!(i am sure before Christmas but I wanted to write that before I forgot about it!)

 

Good Chilly Morning....(Kelly)

Nice morning for a run.... Jenn and I went for a quick 1.7 mile run this morning at the park.  It was chilly but not too bad and it was good to get out and get a run in. It is so very hard to run in this cold - I'm just not a fan of the cold and with xmas right around the corner it seems like there isn't enough time in the day.  Me and Jenn have plans to run on Tuesday night and hopefully Friday morning so if all goes well we'll be running a few times this week.  

Well gotta run and make more cookies and do some last minute shopping!!!!