Which half in Phoenix are you planning? I'm doing PFChang's RnR next weekend (hopefully) and I know about Valley of the Sun in March and Lost Dutchman in February.

The Penguin is also doing a relatively new half here in Tucson in early March. DH is probably doing that as a warmup for Boston. If I'm not preggers by then, I'll probably run it too, since my running buddies are doing it.

Anne

Oh wait, no, I wasnt planning on Phoenix, I am trying to do a race a month this year and cant find a good December race so I was thinking of doing a 1/2 at the Tucson marathon.

And I am just going to say this up front...I misspell Tucson ALL the time, please forgive me.

Boston? wow ..I will have to be something like 70 and not slow down to ever BQ.

I'm back home now, and trying to decide whether to run in the cross country for my club. Apparently they're quite desperate for runners for this one (they need a minimum number for a team). I'm here, and I can get there, the problem is I got a little drunk last night not expecting to be home in time, and then sat on a plane all night getting about an hour and a half of sleep. I suspect I'd get about half way round and then want to throw up or collapse...

Yeesh. My vote would be no. Probably.

I'm starting to feel better, but exercise is still out until tomorrow. I'll probably have one more 3-4 miler before the half on Sunday. It seems sort of surreal now.

Anne

ack I think I ate too much this morning for my 10K in 80 minutes, pumping just throws me off. It is pouring and WINDY too. crap I have to leave in 15 minutes and I am still pumping.

yp - I had one of my best runs newyears day...I felt like heck the whole time, but you never know.

I had a great 7.7k run this morning took me 58 mins, I'm such a slow poke, but I loved this run...

I didn't run in the end, I'm quite glad I didn't because i've been quite busy all day sorting stuff out after my holiday, washing, preparing food for the next week, getting my stuff ready for work, and I'm glad I had the full day to do it rather than going out to run when I didn't feel up to it. The one thing I've not actually done yet is sleep, although I suspect it could be an early night!

Race report:
http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=101439

5.75 miles with running club tonight. The cold took some getting used to, but it's good to have a group to run with again.

I'm really pumped, I was 5th in my age group...granted it was a smalllll race. But even cooler was that only 30 seconds faster and I would have PLACED. I've never come NEAR placing before. Note to self: if you want a medal race in a small race where there is also a longer distance to draw off the fast people and if possible do it in crappy weather.

That's wonderful, ennay!!

The first 5K here is in May, and it's fairly small. I looked at last year's times, and got excited because I could be third in my age group if I run at the same pace I ran in September, assuming everything else is equal. Okay, I know you can't assume that, but I'm going to sign up for that race because, sadly, I really want a medal!

which race sheila?

I ran on Sunday and will run tonight! The weather has been great for running too which is an added bonus!!

Anne: I haven't put my jogging stroller together yet, but may attempt that this weekend! There is hardly any snow so I really have no excuse not to use it especially since Genevieve has had great head control since she was 2 months old. The baby is great, she's been napping for 2 hours now (3rd day in a row)... I wonder if this is her month growth spurt, or a welcome new addition to her schedule... She has her first swim class this afternoon!

Cheers!

Ali

I'm only telling you because you're much younger than I am so there would be no competition. It's the 5K to benefit a domestic violence group in Corvallis (CARDV). One of these days I'm going to have to go to Portland or Eugene to race just for fun. Hhmm, maybe not Eugene, the running capital of the world. I'm betting there are 80 year old women faster than I am who race in Eugene.