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May 11, 2008
Stuff
I haven’t written one of those “random” entries lately so here goes! (although it could be argued that ALL my entries are random :)
1) Happy Mother’s Day to all those mothers out there! (especially mine!) I am one of those lucky people who has two wonderful parents and I couldn’t be more thankful for it. So thanks mom for all your love and support – it has made all the difference in my life!
2) This morning I ordered a cookbook! Yes, strange I know. Not really much of a cook here. But I couldn’t pass this one up.
This is the cookbook I ordered - The Runner's Cookbook - written by Alison Wade (who happens to be the very nice person who hosts the running-blogs.com website among many, many, many other things!).
As you can see, 100% of the proceeds of the cookbook go to the Jenny Crain "Make It Happen" Fund and to the Ryan Shay Memorial Fund so not only will you be getting tons of great receipes from the country's (and world's) best runners, but you will also be helping to raise money for 2 great causes.
3) Two great workouts today! First, a ride this morning in some mid 40 degree temps. I have to admit, when the alarm went off at 6 am and I saw it was pretty chilly I REALLY wanted to save my ride for this afternoon AFTER church. But I'm glad I didn't wait because the rain started around 11 am and hasn't stopped since. :) Then this afternoon a good hard swim.
Meanwhile, O was busy with his own hard workouts! He also swam with me this afternoon but while I was riding this morning he was getting down to business on the track with some hard 800 repeats. But I guess I should let him tell you about all this himself since he does have his own blog. :)
4) The Penguins are currently tied with the Flyers in the 2nd game of the Eastern Conference Finals right now. The Pens won the first game. To say that Pittsburgh is a little hockey crazy right now is a bit of an understatement!
5) O and I just watched Evan Almighty and I really liked it! If you have seen the movie, my favorite part is when God is talking to Evan's wife in the resturant and explains to her that if you pray for courage, God doesn't all of a sudden make you courageous but rather gives you the opportunity to display the courage that you already have inside. Of if you pray for patience, you are placed in a situation where you need patience and can therefore learn it. Pretty cool if you ask me.
And here we are with the start to another week! Hope everyone has a great one.
Posted by beth at May 11, 2008 8:33 PM
Comments
OOOh... gotta try the cook book and thanks for the movie update... I was wondering about that movie and none of my pals here have seen it yet.
You all have a good week too!
Posted by: Bree at May 12, 2008 3:12 AM
Thanks for the publicity, Beth! (And for ordering one, too!)
I am so impressed with your training in general (and I'm glad you were rewarded for heading out early yesterday). I can't wait to see how it pays off for you this season!
Posted by: Alison at May 12, 2008 7:38 AM