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Last night we participated in the RBC Bank 5K. This a part of the Myrtle Beach Marathon weekend. Tabitha did well completing in a little over 30 minutes. I walked it in about 42 minutes. We are going to also ride in the Michelob Ultra bike event on Sunday. We are only planning for 30 miles this year. We still have not found a road bike for Tabitha and will be riding the mountain bikes this time. It should be fun and we look forward to an early morning ride.

It is Monday, the first day of the first week of a new year.

We are starting to get back into our routine with school, exercise and life in general. We ended the old year with friends and started the new year with family. Both were great celebrations and we have the pictures to prove it.

We are getting serious about fitness again. I have to climb on the scales at work on the 16th. I have registered Tabitha and I for a 5k in February as well as a 32 mile bike ride. We are looking at the Cooper River Bridge run and a 10k in Atlanta for later this year. I also plan to participate in the River City Ride which is a part of the Around the Fourth and another MS Ride.

ok … so I haven’t posted in a while …

I am still TRYING to run … I say trying because I still don’t fill I am actually running.

I have ran for 30 minutes …. I have ran for 3 miles … and I finally ran a 5K (3.1 miles).

I still can not do these consistently. I ran 2 miles once this week but was not able to make 3m or 5K. Of course I still walk and try to burn those calories away but we have a 5K to run with our life group in Feb. Am I going to be able to do it???? I don’t want to embarass myself

Here’s an update on how great the running/treadmill are working – I have lost 18 pounds!!!!! I am hoping to lose 20 by Christmas so I am still working hard at cutting out calories and fats. 2 more pounds by next week doesn’t sound that hard but I have been stuck at this weight for at least 2 weeks … maybe 3 … ughh!!!!! I have made it back to a size 6 in jeans and I’m hoping to see my size 4’s soon … I don’t think I will ever see 3’s or 1’s again but I will be excited with 4’s – VERY excited to be in a size 4 – not 10’s … I just need to keep working … or as Dori says … just keep swimming … just keep swimming …

This is an NBC series that is now in it’s third season.  I don’t seem to follow any shows on a regular basis, life keeps getting in the way (Life is always more important than television).   As the temperature has begun to drop and the days have grown shorter, we were finding it difficult to make time outside for exercise.  We were actually not very motivated to exercise at all. It seemed that we were dreading the treadmill and the time spent on it.  A friend suggested HEROES as a way to pass the time as we endured our nightly walk/run.  After watching the first night we were hooked.  The new rule was that we could not watch HEROES unless you were on the treadmill.  Each episode is about 42 minutes long and that time seems to fly by.  I finished Season one last night and I am hoping to start season 2 tonight.  I’m not sure what the plan will be after Season 2.  If you have any suggestions, let us know.  We will probably have to turn to Hulu.com for a while.  They have a few episodes from season 3, but not all of them.

This year I managed to log over 650 miles and around 60 hours on the bike.  As the days grow shorter and the temp drops outside the chances to ride are few and far between.  I hope to start 2009 with the Myrtle Beach Marathon Ride.  Tabitha has agreed to ride this one with me if I will run the 5k with her on Friday.  We have a few months to get a bike for her and get ready.  It looks like rides will be limited to the weekends until then. We will continue to run and I may try to grab an indoor trainer later this year.  I want to ride at least 1500 miles next year and run 300 miles.  That seems like a reasonable goal (My boss would be proud).